A KiwiBot, one of more than 100 robots that deliver meals to hungry UC Berkeley students, recently bit the dust in the line of duty. A defective battery caused the delivery bot to catch fire outside the student union, prompting nearby students to rush over and douse the flames. Luckily, no meals were being delivered at the time, and a human delivery service took over pending food orders, carrying meals to students by hand—the old-fashioned way—thus ensuring that the meals wouldn’t spontaneous combust.

Meet Me at the Clamshell

You may know Winston-Salem for its tobacco, but the North Carolina town is also home to the last Shell station shaped like a clamshell in the U.S. Built in the 1930s, the bright yellow station remained open until the 1950s, became a repair shop for lawn mowers until the 1980s, and in 1976, was the first individual station in America to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station is no longer a business, but is now a shrine to itself, housing memorabilia unique to the station, including newspaper announcements, a teddy bear, old Shell signs, a coffee mug and a tin of vintage Monkey Grip Patch.