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• Behold the Bridges in India Made of Living Tree Roots, 26 May 2023 in Architecture&Design&Environment&Nature&Travel
• Watch the Original Schoolhouse Rock Composers Sing “Conjunction Junction” and “I’m Just a Bill” Live in Concert, 22 May 2023 in Education&English Language&Jazz&K-12
• What Happens When a Chess Player Mistakes a Grandmaster for a Beginner: It’s Pretty Delightful, 19 May 2023 in Games&Life
• DJ Cummerbund’s Astonishing Mashups Create Unexpected Collaborations Between Rock, Soul & Hip Hop Icons, 17 May 2023 in Comedy&Creativity&Music&Technology
• Watch Young David Attenborough Encounter Animals in Their Natural Habitats: Video from the 1950s and 1960s, 15 May 2023 in Biology&Nature&Television
• Cats Migrated to Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought, 09 May 2023 in Biology&History&Life&Science&Travel
• Behold Shakespeare’s First Folio, the First Published Collection of Shakespeare’s Plays, Published 400 Year Ago (1623), 08 May 2023 in Books&History&Museums&Theatre
• 1,800 Hand-Cut Silhouettes of 19th-Century Historical Figures Get Digitized & Put Online by the Smithsonian, 01 May 2023 in Art&History&Life&Museums&Technology
• Parrots Taught to FaceTime Each Other Become Less Lonely, a New Study Shows, 01 May 2023 in Biology&Life&Science
• A Culinary Videos Series Shows Every Conceivable Way to Cook Eggs, Potatoes, Pizza, Bacon & More, 28 Apr 2023 in Comedy&Food & Drink
• Watch Cab Calloway Actually Perform “Mr. Hepster’s Dictionary,” His Famous Dictionary of Jazz Slang (1944), 24 Apr 2023 in English Language&Jazz&Music
• An Introduction to the Painting That Changed Georgia O’Keeffe’s Career: Ram’s Head, White Hollyhock-Hills, 17 Apr 2023 in Art
• Discover the Sarajevo Haggadah, the Medieval Illuminated Manuscript That Survived the Inquisition, Holocaust & Yugoslav Wars, 14 Apr 2023 in Art&History&Museums&Religion
• Discover Leonora Carrington, Britain’s Lost Surrealist Painter, 10 Apr 2023 in Art&Life
• Watch Joni Mitchell Perform George Gershwin’s “Summertime”, 07 Apr 2023 in Libraries&Music
• Watch a Transfixing Demonstration of Kumihimo, the Ancient Japanese Artform of Making Braids & Cords, 04 Apr 2023 in Art&History&Travel
• The Most Popular Song from Each Month Since January 1980: 40+ Years of Changing Musical Tastes in 50 Minutes, 03 Apr 2023 in History&Music
• Discover Edo, the Historic Green/Sustainable City of Japan, 29 Mar 2023 in Environment&History&Nature
• Listen to Patti Smith’s Glorious Three Hour Farewell to CBGB’s on Its Final Night, 24 Mar 2023 in Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• Behold an Astonishing Near-Nightly Spectacle in the Lightning Capital of the World, 21 Mar 2023 in Environment&Nature&Science&Travel
• Behold the Fantastical, Uncannily Lifelike Puppets of Barnaby Dixon, 17 Mar 2023 in Art&Design&Technology&Theatre
• An Architect Breaks Down the Design of New York City Subway Stations, from the Oldest to Newest, 13 Mar 2023 in Architecture&Art&Design&History&Travel
• Behold 900+ Magnificent Botanical Collages Created by a 72-Year-Old Widow, Starting in 1772, 10 Mar 2023 in Art&Biology&Creativity&Nature
• Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery Course: Free Video Lessons, 06 Mar 2023 in Food & Drink&Television
• Discover Pemmican, The Power Bar Invented Centuries Ago by Native American Tribes, 03 Mar 2023 in Food & Drink&Health&K-12&Nature
• A Retired Math Teacher Helps Students Learn Geometry Through Quilting, 27 Feb 2023 in Creativity&Design&Education&K-12&Math
• Turning the Pages of an Illuminated Medieval Manuscript: An ASMR Museum Experience, 20 Feb 2023 in Books&History&Museums&Neuroscience
• The Life & Art of Gustav Klimt: A Short Art History Lesson on the Austrian Symbolist Painter and His Work, 17 Feb 2023 in Art&Technology&Video - Arts & Culture
• Archaeologists May Have Discovered a Secret Language in Lascaux & Chauvet Cave Paintings, Perhaps Revealing a 20,000-Year-Old “Proto-Writing” System, 14 Feb 2023 in Art&Biology&History&Language&Nature
• Older Women Come Together & Play Punk Rock: Discover The Unglamorous Music Project, 13 Feb 2023 in Gender&Life&Music
• Watch Conservationists Moving & Restoring an Exquisite Ancient Greek Mosaic, 06 Feb 2023 in Art&History&Museums
• How The Parthenon Marbles Ended Up In The British Museum, 03 Feb 2023 in Architecture&Art&History&Museums&Politics&Travel
• Medieval Mixed-Gender Fight Club: Behold Images from a 15th-Century Fighting Manual, 30 Jan 2023 in Art&Books&Gender&History&Sports
• An Immersive, Architectural Tour of New York City’s Iconic Grand Central Terminal, 27 Jan 2023 in Architecture&History&Travel
• Robots Are Carving Replicas of the Parthenon Marbles: Could They Help the Real Ancient Sculptures Return to Greece?, 24 Jan 2023 in Computer Science&Design&History&Museums&Technology
• Contribute a Song to WNYC’s Public Song Project & Use Your Creativity to Explore the Public Domain, 20 Jan 2023 in Books&Film&Literature&Music
• Benedict Cumberbatch & Ian McKellen Read Epic Letters Written by Kurt Vonnegut, 16 Jan 2023 in Books&Environment&Letters&Life&Literature
• A Creative Animation Tells the Story of Maximilien Robespierre, One of the Most Influential Figures of the French Revolution, 13 Jan 2023 in Animation&Art&Fashion&History
• An Introduction to Hokusai’s Great Wave, One of the Most Recognizable Artworks in the World, 10 Jan 2023 in Art&Travel
• Watch Cher Play All the Major Parts in a 12-Minute Remake of West Side Story (1978), 09 Jan 2023 in Gender&Music&Television&Theatre
• Joni Mitchell’s Catalog of Albums Now on YouTube: Stream Them Online, 04 Jan 2023 in Music&YouTube
• Paul McCartney Explains How Bach Influenced “Blackbird”, 02 Jan 2023 in Music
• Watch You Suck at Cooking, a Hilarious Source for Tasty Recipes and Food Hacks of Questionable Veracity, 29 Dec 2022 in Comedy&Food & Drink&Video - Arts & Culture
• Behold! The Very First Christmas Card (1843), 23 Dec 2022 in Art&Design&History&Museums
• Mudlarking on the Thames: A Treasure Trove of History Washes Ashore Every Low Tide, 22 Dec 2022 in History&Life&Travel
• NYC’s Iconic Punk Club CBGBs Comes Alive in a Brilliant Short Animation, Using David Godlis’ Photos of Patti Smith, The Ramones & More, 19 Dec 2022 in Animation&Life&Music&Photography
• Behold a 15th-Century Italian Manuscript Featuring Medicinal Plants with Fantastical Human Faces, 12 Dec 2022 in Art&Books&Health&History
• The Untold Story of Disco and Its Black, Latino & LGBTQ Roots, 05 Dec 2022 in Dance&Gender&History&Life&Music
• The Chemist Alice Ball Pioneered a Treatment for Leprosy in 1915–and Then Others Stole the Credit for It, 02 Dec 2022 in Gender&Health&History&Science
• 15-Year-Old Picasso Paints His First Masterpiece, “The First Communion”, 29 Nov 2022 in Art&Religion
• Meet Honey Lantree, the Trailblazing 1960s Female Drummer, 28 Nov 2022 in Gender&History&Music
• The Story of Akiko Takakura, One of the Last Survivors of the Hiroshima Bombing, Told in a Short Animated Documentary, 21 Nov 2022 in Animation&Art&History&Life
• The Isolated Vocal Tracks of the B-52s “Roam”: Enjoy the Angelic Harmonies of Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson, 18 Nov 2022 in Music
• Joni Mitchell Tells Elton John the Stories Behind Her Iconic Songs: “Both Sides Now,” “Carey” & More, 14 Nov 2022 in Apple&Life&Music
• Celebrate Kurt Vonnegut’s 100 Birthday with a Collection of Songs Based on His Work, 11 Nov 2022 in Books&Literature&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• A Stunning, Hand-Illustrated Book of Mushrooms Drawn by an Overlooked 19th Century Female Scientist, 07 Nov 2022 in Biology&Gender&History
• When Medieval Manuscripts Were Recycled & Used to Make the First Printed Books, 04 Nov 2022 in Books&History&Technology
• FAMOUS ARTIST DIES PENNILESS AND ALL ALONE: The Met Museum’s Fascinating Archive of Artists’ Death Notices, 31 Oct 2022 in Art&History&Life&Museums
• An Introduction to the Painting of Artemisia Gentileschi, the First Woman Admitted to Florence’s Accademia di Arte del Disegno (1593-1653), 28 Oct 2022 in Art&Gender
• Meet Little Amal, the 12-Foot Puppet of a 10-Year-Old Syrian Girl, Who Has Been Touring the World, 24 Oct 2022 in Current Affairs&K-12&Theatre
• How Did They Build the Great Pyramid of Giza?: An Animated Introduction, 21 Oct 2022 in Animation&Architecture&History
• Meet the Physicist Who Has Created 1600+ Wikipedia Entries for Important Female & Minority Scientists, 17 Oct 2022 in Science&Wikipedia
• What Happens When Mortals Try to Drink Winston Churchill’s Daily Intake of Alcohol, 17 Oct 2022 in Food & Drink&History&Life
• Behold a 21st-Century Medieval Castle Being Built with Only Tools & Materials from the Middle Ages, 07 Oct 2022 in Architecture&Design&History&Video - Arts & Culture
• Artist Makes Astonishing Armor for Cats & Mice, 05 Oct 2022 in Art&Design&History&Uncategorized&Video - Arts & Culture
• Cats in Medieval Manuscripts & Paintings, 03 Oct 2022 in Art&History&Religion&Video - Arts & Culture&Video - Politics/Society
• Behold the Medieval Wound Man: The Poor Soul Who Illustrated the Injuries a Person Might Receive Through War, Accident or Disease, 29 Sep 2022 in Art&Biology&Health&History
• The Art of Translating Hamilton into German: “So Kribbeln Schmetterlinge, Wenn Sie Starten”, 23 Sep 2022 in Language&Music&Theatre&Travel
• A Tour of All the Pizza Styles You Can Eat in the United States (and the History Behind Your Favorite Slices), 21 Sep 2022 in Food & Drink&History&Travel
• Sally Schmitt, the Creator of the French Laundry & Unsung Hero of California Cuisine, Gets Her Due in a Poignant, Short Documentary, 19 Sep 2022 in Food & Drink&Life
• Architect Breaks Down Five of the Most Iconic New York City Apartments, 16 Sep 2022 in Architecture&History&Travel
• When John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X” Scandalized the Art World in 1884, 12 Sep 2022 in Art&Gender&History
• When Sliced Bread Got Banned During World War II, 09 Sep 2022 in Food & Drink&History&Video - Politics/Society
• Two Women in Their 90s Recall Their Teenage Years in Victorian 1890s London, 06 Sep 2022 in Fashion&Film&History&Video - Politics/Society
• Winnie the Pooh Went Into the Public Domain, and Someone Already Turned the Story Into a Slasher Film: Watch the Trailer for Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey, 02 Sep 2022 in Books&Creativity&Film&Video - Arts & Culture
• Dolly Parton Reads Free Bedtime Stories to Kids: Watch Readings from Goodnight with Dolly, 30 Aug 2022 in Books&K-12&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• Hear the World’s Oldest Known Song, “Hurrian Hymn No. 6” Written 3,400 Years Ago, 26 Aug 2022 in Creativity&History&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• How a Dutch “Dementia Village” Improves Quality of Life with Intentional Design, 23 Aug 2022 in Design&Health&Life&Psychology
• Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Has Given Away 186 Million Free Books to Kids, Boosting Literacy Worldwide, 19 Aug 2022 in Books&Education&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• Behold a Secret Gallery of Art Created Using Discarded Gum on London’s Millennium Bridge, 17 Aug 2022 in Art&Creativity&Travel&Video - Arts & Culture
• The Oakland Public Library Puts Online a Collection of Items Forgotten in Library Books: Love Notes, Doodles & More, 15 Aug 2022 in Archives&Books&Libraries&Photography&Writing
• Three Female Artists Who Helped Create Abstract Expressionism: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning & Helen Frankenthaler., 08 Aug 2022 in Art&Gender
• A Brief History of Dumplings: An Animated Introduction, 08 Aug 2022 in Animation&Food & Drink&History&K-12
• What Americans Ate for Dessert 200 Years Ago: Watch Re-Creations of Original Recipes, 05 Aug 2022 in Food & Drink&History
• Behold! A Medieval Graphic Novel Carved on an 14th Century Ivory Box, 27 Jul 2022 in Art&History&Literature&Museums&Video - Arts & Culture
• Behold a Book of Color Shades Depicted with Feathers (Circa 1915), 25 Jul 2022 in Design&Fashion&History&Museums&Science
• Watch the Titanic Sink in This Real-Time 3D Animation, 11 Jul 2022 in Animation&History
• Mama Cass and John Denver Sing a Lovely Duet of “Leaving On a Jet Plane” (1972), 05 Jul 2022 in Music&Politics
• Why 99% Of Smithsonian’s Specimens Are Hidden In High-Security, 28 Jun 2022 in Museums&Nature
• The Oldest House in New York City: Meet the Wyckoff House (1652), 23 Jun 2022 in Architecture&History&Museums&Video - Arts & Culture
• Discover DALL-E, the Artificial Intelligence Artist That Lets You Create Surreal Artwork, 17 Jun 2022 in Art&Computer Science&Data&Technology
• Julia Child Shows Fred Rogers How to Make a Quick & Delicious Pasta Dish (1974), 13 Jun 2022 in Comedy&Food & Drink&K-12&Television&Video - Arts & Culture
• Enter the Franz Kafka Caption Contest for a Chance to Win a New Book of the Author’s Drawings (Until June 13), 12 Jun 2022 in Art&Books&Comics/Cartoons&Creativity&Literature
• The Vincent van Gogh “Starry Night” LEGO Set Is Now Available: It’s Created in Collaboration with MoMA, 06 Jun 2022 in Art&Creativity&Design&Museums
• Play “Artle,” an Art History Version of Wordle: A New Game from the National Gallery of Art, 03 Jun 2022 in Art&Games&How to Learn for Free&Museums
• Italian Advice on How to Live the Good Life: Cigarettes, Tomatoes, and Other Picturesque Small Pleasures, 31 May 2022 in Life&Philosophy&Travel
• How to Enter a ‘Flow State’ on Command: Peak Performance Mind Hack Explained in 7 Minutes, 13 May 2022 in Creativity&Productivity&Psychology
• Grandma Moses Started Painting Seriously at Age 77, and Soon Became a Famous American Artist, 06 May 2022 in Art&Gender&Video - Arts & Culture
• Footage of Flappers from 1929 Restored & Colorized with AI, 04 May 2022 in Fashion&Film&History&Technology&Video - Politics/Society
• Watch a New Animation of Richard Feynman’s Ode to the Wonder of Life, with Music by Yo-Yo Ma, 02 May 2022 in Animation&Music&Nature&Physics
• Watch Sir Ian McKellen’s 1979 Master Class on Macbeth’s Final Monologue, 29 Apr 2022 in English Language&Literature&Theatre&Video - Arts & Culture&Writing
• The History of Birth Control: From Alligator Dung to The Pill, 25 Apr 2022 in Gender&Health&History&Politics&Religion
• Explore a Big Archive of Vintage Early Comics: 1700-1929, 22 Apr 2022 in Archives&Art&Comics/Cartoons&History
• Draw Along with Beloved Cartoonist & Educator Lynda Barry: Free Drawing Exercises Online, 19 Apr 2022 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Creativity&How to Learn for Free&K-12
• Ergonomics Experts Explain How to Set Up Your Desk, 15 Apr 2022 in Biology&Design&Life
• The Rembrandt Book Bracelet: Behold a Functional Bracelet Featuring 1400 Rembrandt Drawings, 08 Apr 2022 in Art&Creativity&Design&Fashion&Museums
• How to Wear a Toga the Official Ancient Roman Way, 04 Apr 2022 in Fashion&History
• The Depths of Wikipedia: Enjoy a Compendium of the Online Encyclopedia’s Most Bizarre Pages, 04 Apr 2022 in Comedy&Education&Random&Web/Tech
• Home Movies of Frida Kahlo (and a Side Order of Romantic Entanglements), 01 Apr 2022 in Art&Film&History&Life
• Explore MoMA’s Collection of Modern & Contemporary Art Every Time You Open a New Browser Tab, 28 Mar 2022 in Art&Creativity&Google&Technology
• Japanese Researcher Sleeps in the Same Location as Her Cat for 24 Consecutive Nights!, 25 Mar 2022 in Biology&Data&Design&Life
• Meet Anita Berber, the Cabaret Star Who Scandalized Weimar-Era Berlin, 18 Mar 2022 in Dance&Film&Gender&History
• How to Give Yourself a 3000-Year-Old Hairstyle Using Iron Age Tools, 14 Mar 2022 in Fashion&History&Life&Video - Arts & Culture
• Heart’s Nancy Wilson Teaches You How to Play the Notoriously Difficult Opening to “Crazy On You”, 11 Mar 2022 in History&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• Watch a Very Nervous, 23-Year-Old David Byrne and Talking Heads Performing Live in NYC (1976), 07 Mar 2022 in History&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• Free Coloring Books from The Public Domain Review: Download & Color Works by Hokusai, Albrecht Dürer, Harry Clarke, Aubrey Beardsley & More, 04 Mar 2022 in Art&Books&Creativity&History
• Dick Van Dyke Still Dancing at 96!, 01 Mar 2022 in Dance&Film&Life&Television
• Free Coloring Books from 101 World-Class Libraries & Museums: Download and Color Hundreds of Free Images, 28 Feb 2022 in Coloring Books
• When Eartha Kitt Spoke Truth to Power at a 1968 White House Luncheon, 22 Feb 2022 in History&Politics&Television
• How to Actually Cook Salvador Dali’s Surrealist Recipes: Crayfish, Prawns, and Spitted Eggs, 18 Feb 2022 in Art&Creativity&Food & Drink
• Organized Chaos!: Watch 33 Videos Showing How Saturday Night Live Gets Made Each Week, 16 Feb 2022 in Comedy&Design&Photography&Television&Video - Arts & Culture
• Google App Uses Machine Learning to Discover Your Pet’s Look Alike in 10,000 Classic Works of Art, 15 Feb 2022 in Art&Data&K-12&Museums&Photography
• Tate Kids Presents Introductions to Art Movements: Cubism, Impressionism, Surrealism & More, 08 Feb 2022 in Animation&Art&K-12&Museums&Video - Arts & Culture
• Space Sex is Serious Business: A Hilarious Short Animation Addresses Serious Questions About Human Reproduction in Space, 07 Feb 2022 in Biology&Physics&Science
• An Opera Singer & Cabaret Artist Record an Astonishing Version of David Bowie & Queen’s “Under Pressure”, 31 Jan 2022 in Music&Opera
• Great Art Cities: Visit the Fascinating, Lesser-Known Museums of London & Paris, 28 Jan 2022 in Art&History&Travel
• Watch a Joyful Video Where 52 Renowned Choreographers Link Together to Create a Dance Chain Letter, 26 Jan 2022 in Dance&Film
• A New Album of Goth-Folk Songs Inspired by the Life of Marie Curie, 21 Jan 2022 in Animation&Chemistry&History&Life&Music&Science
• Discover Khipu, the Ancient Incan Record & Writing System Made Entirely of Knots, 17 Jan 2022 in Design&History&Language&Life&Museums
• The Origins of the Word “Gaslighting”: Scenes from the 1944 Film Gaslight, 14 Jan 2022 in Film&Psychology
• Charles and Ray Eames’ Powers of Ten Updated to Reflect Our Modern Understanding of the Universe, 10 Jan 2022 in Astronomy&Film&Science
• How Did the Mona Lisa Become the World’s Most Famous Painting?: It’s Not What You Think, 07 Jan 2022 in Animation&Art&Education&History
• Harper Lee Gives Advice to Young Writers in One of Her Only Interviews Captured on Audio (1964), 03 Jan 2022 in Books&K-12&Literature&Radio&Writing
• How Fashionable Dutch Women (Like the Girl with a Pearl Earring) Got Dressed in 1665, 31 Dec 2021 in Art&Fashion&History&Life
• Doreen Ketchens’ Astonishing Rendition of “The House of the Rising Sun”: A World-Class Clarinetist Busks on the Streets of New Orleans, 27 Dec 2021 in Education&Jazz&Music
• When Maurice Sendak Created a Dark Nutcracker Ballet, 24 Dec 2021 in Books&Dance&Design&K-12
• Watch Awesome Human Choreography That Reproduces the Murmurations of Starling Flocks, 24 Dec 2021 in Dance&Nature&Sports
• An Oscar-Winning Animation of Charles Dickens’ Classic Tale, A Christmas Carol (1971), 20 Dec 2021 in Animation&K-12&Literature
• 18 Male Leonard Cohen Fans Over the Age of 65 Star in an Oddly Moving A Cappella Version of “I’m Your Man”, 14 Dec 2021 in Art&Creativity&Life&Music
• Watch 11-Year-Old Billy Preston Duet with Nat King Cole: A Star is Born (1957), 13 Dec 2021 in Music&Television&Video - Arts & Culture