Bookkeeping
> 41,951.4 square feet: Size of the largest-ever temporary bamboo structure altar, built to hold celebrations for Hong Kong's Kam Tin Heung Jiao Festival.
> 2,397: How many golden retrievers gathered in a Buenos Aires park, breaking the unofficial world record for the largest gathering of golden retrievers.

Browse
> Meet Tommy Tucker, the dress-wearing squirrel who sold war bonds.
> This year's most scathing book reviews.
> NASA discovers a lemon-shaped planet.
> The uninhabited Scottish isle powering Olympic curling.

Listen
> How Vitamin C tarnished a two-time Nobel Prize winner's legacy.

Watch
> Think twice before gifting a gift card.
> Inside Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular.
> How uniforms came to define the American worker.

Long Read
> The extreme ways wild animals snooze. (w/interactive)
> A scientific case for praying, even if you're an atheist.
> Three reasons old people are happier.

Most Clicked This Week: How different sleeping positions impact your health. (w/video)

Historybook: Louisiana Purchase finalized (1803); Sacagawea dies (1812); "It’s a Wonderful Life" released (1946); Astronomer Carl Sagan dies (1996); Space Force becomes sixth US armed forces branch (2019).