Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways - now known as Rube Goldberg machines.
Rat kings
Rat kings are phenomena said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with blood, dirt, ice, excrement or simply knotted. The animals reputedly grow together while joined at the tails. The numbers of rats that are joined together can vary, but naturally rat kings formed from a larger number of rats are rarer. The phenomenon is particularly associated with Germany, where the majority of instances have been reported. Historically, there are various superstitions surrounding rat kings, and they were often seen as an extremely bad omen, particularly associated with plagues.
Racetrack Playa
Racetrack Playa is a seasonally dry lake located in the northern part of the Death Valley National Park, California. It is famous for "sailing stones", rocks that mysteriously move across its surface.
Rineke Dijkstra
Rineke Dijkstra is a photographer who manages to capture frailty like nobody else.
Red-shanked douc
The red-shanked douc is a species of Old World monkey, among the most colourful of all primates. This attractive monkey is sometimes called the "costumed ape" for its extravagant appearance.
Riva Tritone
The Riva Tritone is one of the most famous models of the Riva line and is widely considered the most beautiful Riva model of all time.
Robert Bechtle
Robert Bechtle is a photorealist painter.
Rat bikes
Rat bikes are motorcycles that have fallen apart over time but been kept on the road and maintained for at little or no cost by employing kludge fixes.
Rats of Shah Dola
Rats of Shah Dola are children or adults suffering from microcephaly, exploited as beggars at the shrine of Shah Dola. They have sloping foreheads, narrow faces which have a rodent quality.
Rai stones
Rai stones are large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone in the island of Yap, Micronesia. Locals have used these stones as a form of unusual currency.