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StoneRed

The StoneRed project (SR) is a wide-area curiosity retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to one interesting document per day.

Everything there is online about SR is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, the document archive, today's SR news and other appearances.

Today's document: The one interesting thing for Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
What's out there?: Pointers to every previous document, by subject and date.
Arbitrary document: Retrieves a document at random. Results not guaranteed.
Bored: A recommendation, for users with nothing to do.
Exhibition: Pictures, by artists both dead and very dead. Viewing requires imagination.
Case files: Unsolved matters. Restricted to users with a magnifying glass.
Motion pictures: Moving images. Download time at 9600 baud: approximately one geological era.
Bulletin board: Pictures and sounds posted by other users of this system.
Your documents: Documents kept on this machine.
Audio: Experimental. Requires a loudspeaker and the patience of a saint.
Help: Change how documents are displayed. Recommended for users arriving from the future.

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You came here to read one thing. You left knowing something you didn't know before.THE INTERNET'S MOST UNNECESSARILY INTERESTING DAILY READING MATERIAL

YOU ARE VISITOR #0000008

LAST UPDATED: TODAY

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THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (it has been since 1996)

I want a rabbit hole

Down we go

A chain of 3 connected stories. Each one leads to the next for a reason.

Level 1 The Footprints at Hinterkaifeck Cold Cases · The Strange Case · 2 min
Footprints in the snow, again, and a story that never quite adds up.
Level 2 The Tent Cut Open From the Inside Mysteries · The Theory · 2 min
When panic makes people do things that look inexplicable.
Level 3 The Summer Strasbourg Couldn't Stop Dancing Weird · The Strange Case · 5 min

Dig a different hole Give me something weird

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