‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut(https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/blueys-world-success-puppy-juggernaut-1236164905/)349 points|adrian_mrd|18 days ago|313 comments
How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything(http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2014/11/13/how-a-47-shrimp-treadmill-became-a-3-million-political-plaything/)296 points|benbreen|10 years ago|124 comments
How a Raccoon Became an Aardvark(http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/05/how-a-raccoon-became-an-aardvark.html)192 points|jrochkind1|11 years ago|93 comments
How a Pentagon Contract Became an Identity Crisis for Google(https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/technology/google-project-maven-pentagon.html)168 points|lego_bot|7 years ago|199 comments
How a small streaming site became the Netflix for indie film(http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9463225/mubi-streaming-service-independent-films-efe-cakarel-interview)158 points|antr|10 years ago|87 comments
How a Portuguese-To-English Phrasebook Became a Cult Comedy Sensation(http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-portuguese-to-english-phrasebook-became-a-cult-comedy-sensation)145 points|benbreen|9 years ago|87 comments
How a bedroom developer's 'ugly little game' became an App Store hit(http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/04/luca-redwood)131 points|shawndumas|13 years ago|36 comments
How a good night's sleep became a status symbol(http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/01/sleep-habits-eight-hours-health-wellness-arianna-huffington)124 points|venomsnake|9 years ago|110 comments
How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice(http://www-refresh.vice-motherboard-test.appspot.com/blog/how-a-german-soda-became-hackers-fuel-of-choice)111 points|rizumu|11 years ago|115 comments
How a Chinese businessman became the largest supplier of pyrotechnics in the US(https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/the-largest-supplier-of-american-fireworks-is-from-china/)111 points|acdanger|7 years ago|46 comments
How a former lobbyist became the broadband industry’s worst nightmare(http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/03/how-a-former-lobbyist-became-the-broadband-industrys-worst-nightmare/1/)98 points|tzs|9 years ago|28 comments
How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most beloved intellectual(https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/30/mary-beard-the-cult-of)92 points|diodorus|7 years ago|92 comments
How a Boeing Sales Flop Became the World's Hottest Secondhand Jetliner(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/how-boeing-sales-flop-became-world-s-hottest-secondhand-jetliner)88 points|jwegan|10 years ago|69 comments
How a $2.7B air-defense system became a 'zombie' program(http://graphics.latimes.com/missile-defense-jlens/??ftcamp=crm/email//nbe/FirstFTEurope/product#navtype=notification)86 points|JumpCrisscross|10 years ago|30 comments
How a weapon against war became a weapon against the web(https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/14/15293538/electronic-disturbance-theater-zapatista-tactical-floodnet-sit-in)75 points|jgrahamc|8 years ago|18 comments
How a Tech Non-Profit Became the Hottest Ticket in Silicon Valley(http://www.wired.com/business/2012/06/khan-academy)73 points|2arrs2ells|13 years ago|19 comments
Lelush: How a sulky Russian model became China’s slacker icon(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56967923)64 points|nafey|4 years ago|15 comments
How a 90-Year-Old Missing Person Became a Hit on Spotify(http://priceonomics.com/how-a-90-year-old-missing-person-became-a-hit-on/)57 points|baazaar|9 years ago|10 comments
How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice (2014)(http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/how-a-german-soda-became-hackers-fuel-of-choice)55 points|neokya|10 years ago|47 comments
How a reclusive computer programmer became a GOP money powerhouse(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a-reclusive-computer-programmer-became-a-gop-money-powerhouse/2015/10/05/1af0c1bc-50b7-11e5-8c19-0b6825aa4a3a_story.html)52 points|fahimulhaq|10 years ago|26 comments
mRNA: How a once-dismissed idea became a leading Covid vaccine(https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-story-of-mrna-how-a-once-dismissed-idea-became-a-leading-technology-in-the-covid-vaccine-race/)48 points|kken|4 years ago|2 comments
Pastebin: How a popular code-sharing site became a hacker hangout(http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/06/05/pastebin-how-a-popular-code-sharing-site-became-the-ultimate-hacker-hangout/)39 points|bjonathan|14 years ago|19 comments
I Am the Magpie River: How a Quebec river became a person under local law(https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-nature-of-things/this-pristine-canadian-river-has-legal-personhood-a-new-approach-to-conserving-nature-1.7100728)33 points|pseudolus|1 year ago|52 comments
How a Frog Became the First Mainstream Pregnancy Test(https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/how-a-frog-became-the-first-mainstream-pregnancy-test/525285/)33 points|sohkamyung|8 years ago|0 comments
How a comedy slogan became a symbol of protest(http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/02/father-ted-going-america)30 points|mastazi|8 years ago|43 comments
How a DIY YouTuber became the target of a sexist conspiracy theory(https://theoutline.com/post/2459/how-a-diy-youtuber-became-the-target-of-a-sexist-conspiracy-theory)27 points|lnguyen|7 years ago|15 comments
How a whitehat hacked a university and became an FBI target(http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/why-he-hacked-university-of-maryland-contractor-turned-hacker-tells-all/)27 points|aburan28|11 years ago|6 comments
#MuslimRage: How a Cynical Social-Media Play Became an Awesome Meme(http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/-muslimrage-how-a-cynical-social-media-play-became-an-awesome-meme/262473/)25 points|rmah|13 years ago|6 comments
How a 16-year-old dropout became a Staff Engineer at Slack(https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/28/breaking-into-startups-how-a-16-year-old-dropout-became-a-senior-engineer-at-slack/)23 points|tmeyster|8 years ago|1 comments
“You Are My Sunshine”: How a maudlin song became a children's classic (2013)(https://www.salon.com/2013/05/26/you_are_my_sunshine_how_a_maudlin_song_became_a_childrens_classic/)20 points|tintinnabula|3 years ago|21 comments
