About: cjmarshall
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Posts by cjmarshall:
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An Architect Breaks Down the Design Details of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel,
17 May 2022 in Architecture&Film
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The White House’s Forgotten 1970s Vinyl Record Collection: Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, Captain Beefheart, Donna Summer & More,
16 May 2022 in History&Music
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This Is Spinal Tap Will Get a Sequel 40 Years Later, Reuniting Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest & Harry Shearer,
13 May 2022 in Film&Music
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Quentin Tarantino Names His 20 Favorite Movies, Covering Two Decades,
12 May 2022 in Film
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Real Interviews with People Who Lived in the 1800s,
11 May 2022 in History
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Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke Spent Years Debating How to Depict the Aliens in 2001: A Space Odyssey; Carl Sagan Provided the Answer: Don’t Depict Them at All,
10 May 2022 in Sci Fi
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Hayao Miyazaki, The Mind of a Master: A Thoughtful Video Essay Reveals the Driving Forces Behind the Animator’s Incredible Body of Work,
09 May 2022 in Animation&Film
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Self-Encounter: The 10-Episode TV Show That Introduced Existentialism to Americans in 1961,
06 May 2022 in Philosophy&Television
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The Ghosts and Monsters of Hokusai: See the Famed Woodblock Artist’s Fearsome & Amusing Visions of Strange Apparitions,
05 May 2022 in Art&History
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How Postwar Italian Cinema Created La Dolce Vita and Then the Paparazzi,
04 May 2022 in Film&History&Media
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The Last Morning in Pompeii & The Night Pompeii Died: A New Video Series Explores the End of the Doomed Roman City,
03 May 2022 in History
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Experience Seinfeld’s Famous “Soup Nazi” Scenes With & Without Laugh Tracks,
02 May 2022 in History&Television
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Coca-Cola Was Originally Sold as an Intellectual Stimulant & Medicine: The Unlikely Story of the Iconic Soft Drink’s Invention,
29 Apr 2022 in Food & Drink&History
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An Online Archive of Beautiful, Early 20th Century Japanese Postcards,
28 Apr 2022 in Archives&Art&History&Museums
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A Whirlwind Architectural Tour of the New York Public Library–“Hidden Details” and All,
27 Apr 2022 in Architecture&History
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Why Do Oreos Never Come Apart Evenly?: MIT Researchers Build an “Oreometer” to Find the Answer,
27 Apr 2022 in Food & Drink&Science
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Why Does This Lady Have a Fly on Her Head?: A Curious Look at a 15th-Century Portrait,
26 Apr 2022 in Art&History
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How Thomas Edison & Henry Ford Envisioned a Low-Priced Electric Vehicle in 1914, Almost Changing the Direction of Automobile History,
25 Apr 2022 in History&Technology
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The Sistine Chapel: A $22,000 Art-Book Collection Features Remarkable High-Resolution Views of the Murals of Michelangelo, Botticelli & Other Renaissance Masters,
22 Apr 2022 in Art&Books&History&Religion
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100-Year-Old Music Recordings Can Now Be Heard for the First Time, Thanks to New Digital Technology,
21 Apr 2022 in History&Music&Technology
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What Great Archaeological Sites Used To Actually Look Like: Machu Picchu, the Colossus of Rhodes, Hadrian’s Wall & More in All Their Glory,
20 Apr 2022 in History
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The Library of Esoterica: Taschen’s Visual History of Tarot, Astrology & Witchcraft,
18 Apr 2022 in Art&Books&Religion
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Make Your Own Medieval Memes with a New Tool from the Dutch National Library,
14 Apr 2022 in Art&History&Web/Tech
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How Did Roman Aqueducts Work?: The Most Impressive Achievement of Ancient Rome’s Infrastructure, Explained,
13 Apr 2022 in History&Technology
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Why Algorithms Are Called Algorithms, and How It All Goes Back to the Medieval Persian Mathematician Muhammad al-Khwarizmi,
12 Apr 2022 in History&Math&Technology
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How Ukraine’s Works of Art Are Being Saved in Wartime–Using the Lessons of World War II,
11 Apr 2022 in Art&Current Affairs&History
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Why Dutch & Japanese Cities Are Insanely Well Designed (and American Cities Are Terribly Designed),
07 Apr 2022 in Environment&Technology
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The Story of Googie Architecture, the Iconic Architectural Style of Los Angeles,
06 Apr 2022 in Architecture&History
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The Little Prince: Footage Gets Unearthed Of the Pop Star at Age 11,
05 Apr 2022 in History&Music&Television
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How To Build a 13th-Century Castle, Using Only Authentic Medieval Tools & Techniques,
31 Mar 2022 in Architecture&History&Television
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How Previous Decades Predicted the Future: The 21st Century as Imagined in the 1900s, 1950s, 1980s, and Other Eras,
30 Mar 2022 in History&Technology
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Francis Ford Coppola Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films: The Godfather, Apocalypse Now & More,
30 Mar 2022 in Film
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When Stalin Starved Ukraine,
29 Mar 2022 in Current Affairs&History
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How Yayoi Kusama, Obsessed with Polka Dots, Became One of the Most Radical Artists of All Time,
25 Mar 2022 in Art
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Japanese Toy Designs from the Late 19th & Early 20th Century: Explore an Online Archive,
24 Mar 2022 in Art&History
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Watch David Hockney Paint with Light, Using the Quantel Paintbox Graphics System (1986),
24 Mar 2022 in Art&Technology&Television
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Marina Abramović Brings Back Her Iconic Performance Art Piece, The Artist Is Present, to Raise Money for Ukraine,
23 Mar 2022 in Art&Current Affairs
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Explore Rarely-Seen Art by J. R. R. Tolkien in a New Web Site Created by the Tolkien Estate,
22 Mar 2022 in Art&Literature
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What Was Actually Lost When the Library of Alexandria Burned?,
22 Mar 2022 in History
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Jack Kerouac Reads from On the Road: The Only Known Footage of the Beat Icon Reading His Work (1959),
17 Mar 2022 in History&Literature&Television
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When Oliver Stone & Vladimir Putin Chillingly Watched Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove Together,
16 Mar 2022 in Current Affairs&Film&Television
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The Iconic Design of the Doomsday Clock Was Created 75 Years Ago: It Now Says We’re 100 Seconds to Midnight,
15 Mar 2022 in Current Affairs&Design&History
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Real Footage of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance: Watch Clips from the First Documentary Feature Film Ever Made (1919),
14 Mar 2022 in Film&History
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Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online: 1,000+ Librarians Digitally Preserve Artifacts of Ukrainian Civilization Before Russia Can Destroy Them,
11 Mar 2022 in Current Affairs&Technology
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See the Well-Preserved Wreckage of Ernest Shackleton’s Ship Endurance Found in Antarctica,
10 Mar 2022 in History
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The First Work of Science Fiction: Read Lucian’s 2nd-Century Space Travelogue A True Story,
09 Mar 2022 in History&Literature&Sci Fi
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When Movies Came on Vinyl: The Early-80s Engineering Marvel and Marketing Disaster That Was RCA’s SelectaVision,
09 Mar 2022 in History&Technology
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Behold the Strandbeest, the Mechanical Animals That Roam the Beaches of Holland,
08 Mar 2022 in Art
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When Rod Serling Turned TV Pitchman: See His Post-Twilight Zone Ads for Ford, Mazda, Gulf Oil & Smokey Bear,
07 Mar 2022 in Television
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The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel: 120 Woodcuts Envision the Grotesque Inhabitants of Rabelais’ World (1565),
03 Mar 2022 in Art&Books&History
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How Volodymyr Zelenskyy Went from Playing a President on a Comedy TV Show to Very Real Life,
02 Mar 2022 in Comedy&Current Affairs&Politics&Television
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How Aladdin Sane Became the Most Expensive Album Cover Ever — and David Bowie’s Defining Image,
01 Mar 2022 in Art&History&Music&Photography
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Hear the Uncensored Original Version of “Hurricane,” Bob Dylan’s Protest Song About Jailed Boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (1976),
28 Feb 2022 in History&Music
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Are You a Fascist?: Take Theodor Adorno’s Authoritarian Personality Test Created to Combat Fascism (1947),
25 Feb 2022 in History&Politics
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The New Herbal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Botanical Illustrations Gets Republished in a Beautiful 900-Page Book by Taschen,
24 Feb 2022 in Art&Biology&Books&History
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Haruki Murakami’s Five Favorite Books,
23 Feb 2022 in Books
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The Dune Encyclopedia: The Controversial, Definitive Guide to the World of Frank Herbert’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece (1984),
22 Feb 2022 in Books&Literature&Sci Fi
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What Made Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus a Revolutionary Painting,
21 Feb 2022 in Art&History
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How Quentin Tarantino Remixes History: A Brief Study of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,
18 Feb 2022 in Film&History
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3,200-Year-Old Egyptian Tablet Records Excuses for Why People Missed Work: “The Scorpion Bit Him,” “Brewing Beer” & More,
17 Feb 2022 in History&Museums
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P.J. O’Rourke (RIP) Explains Why You Can Never Win Over Your Political Adversaries by Mocking Them,
16 Feb 2022 in Comedy&Politics
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Howard Zinn’s Recommended Reading List for Activists Who Want to Change the World,
15 Feb 2022 in Books&History
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The First Illustrated Edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses Gets Published, Featuring the Work of Spanish Artist Eduardo Arroyo,
14 Feb 2022 in Art&Books&Literature
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How Insulated Glass Changed Architecture: An Introduction to the Technological Breakthrough That Changed How We Live and How Our Buildings Work,
11 Feb 2022 in Architecture&History&Technology
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That Time When the Mediterranean Sea Dried Up & Disappeared: Animations Show How It Happened,
10 Feb 2022 in History&Science
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The Code of Charles Dickens’ Shorthand Has Been Cracked by Computer Programmers, Solving a 160-Year-Old Mystery,
09 Feb 2022 in History&Literature&Writing
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The Fiendishly Complicated Board Game That Takes 1,500 Hours to Play: Discover The Campaign for North Africa,
08 Feb 2022 in Games
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Bob Dylan Goes Punk on Late Night with David Letterman, Playing “Jokerman” with the Latino Punk Band, the Plugz (1984),
07 Feb 2022 in Music&Television
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John Locke’s Personal Pancake Recipe: “This Is the Right Way” to Make the Classic Breakfast Treat,
04 Feb 2022 in Food & Drink&History&Philosophy
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Bialetti Moka Express: A Deep Dive Into Italy’s Most Popular Coffee Maker,
03 Feb 2022 in Food & Drink&History&Technology
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In 1922, a Novelist Predicts What the World Will Look Like in 2022: Wireless Telephones, 8-Hour Flights to Europe & More,
02 Feb 2022 in History&Technology
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17th-Century Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate: How “Buddhist Emoji” Made the Sūtra Legible for Those Who Couldn’t Read,
01 Feb 2022 in Books&History&Language&Religion
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A Brief Animated History of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses & the Reformation–Which Changed Europe and Later the World,
31 Jan 2022 in Animation&History&Religion
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The Marcel Duchamp Research Portal Opens, Making Available 18,000 Documents and 50,000 Images Related to the Revolutionary Artist,
28 Jan 2022 in Archives&Art&History
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Watch the Renaissance Painting, The Battle of San Romano, Get Brought Beautifully to Life in a Hand-Painted Animation,
27 Jan 2022 in Animation&Art&History
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Archaeologists Discover a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Glass Bowl in Perfect Condition,
26 Jan 2022 in History
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How Bob Dylan Created a Musical & Literary World All His Own: Four Video Essays,
25 Jan 2022 in Music
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Lou Reed Turns Rock Critic, Sizing Up Everyone from the “Amazingly Talented” Beatles to the “Two Bit, Pretentious” Frank Zappa,
25 Jan 2022 in Magazines&Music
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New Study Finds That Humans Are 33,000 Years Older Than We Thought,
24 Jan 2022 in History&Science
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Hear Benedict Cumberbatch Reading Letters by Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Turing, Sol LeWitt, and Others,
21 Jan 2022 in Literature
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1,100 Delicate Drawings of Root Systems Reveals the Hidden World of Plants,
20 Jan 2022 in Archives&Art&Biology
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When Andy Warhol Guest-Starred on The Love Boat (1985),
18 Jan 2022 in Art&Television
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People in the Middle Ages Slept Not Once But Twice Each Night: How This Lost Practice Was Rediscovered,
17 Jan 2022 in Biology&History
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How Pulp Fiction Uses the Socratic Method, the Philosophical Method from Ancient Greece,
14 Jan 2022 in Film&Philosophy
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Why the U.S. Photographed Its Own World War II Concentration Camps (and Commissioned Photographs by Dorothea Lange),
13 Jan 2022 in History&Photography
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Toni Morrison Lists the 10 Steps That Lead Countries to Fascism (1995),
12 Jan 2022 in History&Literature&Politics
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An Introduction to the Painting of Caspar David Friedrich, Romanticism & the Sublime,
11 Jan 2022 in Art&History&Philosophy
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Watch Laurie Anderson’s Hypnotic Harvard Lecture Series on Poetry, Meditation, Death, New York & More,
10 Jan 2022 in Art&Harvard&Poetry
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Jon Hamm Narrates a Modernized Version of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Helping to Diagnose Our Social Media-Induced Narcissism,
10 Jan 2022 in Philosophy&Psychology&Technology&Television
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Hear Debussy Play Debussy’s Most Famous Piece, “Clair de lune” (1913),
06 Jan 2022 in Music
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Explore the New 717-Gigapixel Scan of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, the Most Detailed Photo Ever Taken of a Work of Art,
05 Jan 2022 in Art&History&Technology
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400,000+ Sound Recordings Made Before 1923 Have Entered the Public Domain,
04 Jan 2022 in Archives&History&Internet Archive&Music
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In 1953, a Telephone-Company Executive Predicts the Rise of Modern Smartphones and Video Calls,
03 Jan 2022 in History&Technology
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2022: The Sun Also Rises, Winnie-the-Pooh, Buster Keaton Comedies & More,
31 Dec 2021 in Books&Film&Music
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The Amazing Engineering of James Webb Telescope,
30 Dec 2021 in Astronomy&Technology
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500 Years of Haircuts: One Youtuber Tries Out the Hair Styles That Were Fashionable Between 1500 and 2000,
29 Dec 2021 in Fashion&History
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Why Europe Has So Few Skyscrapers,
28 Dec 2021 in Architecture&History
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Is There Life After Death?: John Cleese and a Panel of Scientists Discuss That Eternal Question,
27 Dec 2021 in Life&Neuroscience
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Watch Bing Crosby’s Final Christmas Special, Featuring a Famous Duet with Bowie, and Bowie Introducing His New Song, “Heroes” (1977),
24 Dec 2021 in Music&Television
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Watch the Building of the Empire State Building in Color: The Creation of the Iconic 1930s Skyscraper From Start to Finish,
23 Dec 2021 in Architecture&Film&History
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Why “White Christmas,” “Here Comes Santa Claus,” “Let It Snow,” and Other Classic Christmas Songs Come from the 1940s,
23 Dec 2021 in History&Music
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J.R.R. Tolkien Sent Illustrated Letters from Father Christmas to His Kids Every Year (1920-1943),
22 Dec 2021 in Art&Law&Literature
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An AI Computer Watched Hitchcock’s Vertigo 20 Times & Then Made Its Own Disturbing Movie,
21 Dec 2021 in Film&Technology
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How Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken Became a Christmas Tradition in Japan,
20 Dec 2021 in Business&Food & Drink
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The True Meaning of Queen’s Rock Epic “Bohemian Rhapsody”,
16 Dec 2021 in Music
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How George Martin Defined the Sound of the Beatles: From String Quartets to Backwards Guitar Solos,
15 Dec 2021 in Music
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Watch the 1907’s Nightmare-Inducing Short Film The Dancing Pig, Now Fully Colorized,
14 Dec 2021 in Film&History
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Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities: Discover One of the Most Prized Natural History Books of All Time (1734-1765),
13 Dec 2021 in Biology&Books&Nature
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What Makes Salvador Dalí’s Iconic Surrealist Painting “The Persistence of Memory” a Great Work of Art,
10 Dec 2021 in Art&History
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George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four Will Be Retold from a Woman’s Point of View,
09 Dec 2021 in Books&Literature
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Download 215,000 Japanese Woodblock Prints by Masters Spanning the Tradition’s 350-Year History,
08 Dec 2021 in Archives&Art&Museums
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Stephen Fry Explains How to Deal with Bullying,
07 Dec 2021 in Life
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When the Colosseum in Rome Became the Home of Hundreds of Exotic Plant Species,
07 Dec 2021 in Architecture&Biology&History
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How Peter Jackson Used Artificial Intelligence to Restore the Video & Audio Featured in The Beatles: Get Back,
06 Dec 2021 in Film&Music&Technology
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Behold the Glass Armonica, the Unbelievably Fragile Instrument Invented by Benjamin Franklin,
03 Dec 2021 in History&Music
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What Movies Teach Us About Mozart: Exploring the Cinematic Uses of His Famous Lacrimosa,
01 Dec 2021 in Film&Music
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Watch Paul McCartney Compose The Beatles Classic “Get Back” Out of Thin Air (1969),
30 Nov 2021 in Film&Music
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Hear Haruki Murakami Play Beatles Covers on His Radio Show, Murakami Radio,
30 Nov 2021 in Music
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Watch John Cage’s 4’33” Played by Musicians Around the World,
29 Nov 2021 in Music
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The Drugs Used by the Ancient Greeks and Romans,
26 Nov 2021 in History&Psychology
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Read 800+ Thanksgiving Books Free at the Internet Archive,
24 Nov 2021 in Books&Internet Archive
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In 1997, Wired Magazine Predicts 10 Things That Could Go Wrong in the 21st Century: “An Uncontrollable Plague,” Climate Crisis, Russia Becomes a Kleptocracy & More,
23 Nov 2021 in Current Affairs&History&Magazines
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Get Unlimited Access to 3,000+ Courses for $1: Sign Up for Coursera’s Black Friday Special (Available Until December 4),
22 Nov 2021 in Deals&Online Courses
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Cornel West Teaches You How to Think Like a Philosopher,
19 Nov 2021 in Online Courses&Philosophy
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Bach on a Möbius Strip: Marcus du Sautoy Visualizes How Bach Used Math to Compose His Music,
18 Nov 2021 in Math&Music
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Carl Sagan Warns Congress about Climate Change (1985),
18 Nov 2021 in Current Affairs&Nature&Television
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How Stanley Kubrick Made 2001: A Space Odyssey: A Seven-Part Video Essay,
17 Nov 2021 in Film
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Albert Einstein in Four Color Films,
16 Nov 2021 in Film&History&Physics
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Stephen Fry Takes Us Inside the Story of Johannes Gutenberg & the First Printing Press,
15 Nov 2021 in History&Technology
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Life Magazine Predicts in 1914 How People Would Dress in the 1950s,
11 Nov 2021 in History&Life&Magazines
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Violinist Breaks a String While Performing Tchaikovsky in Concert, and Gracefully Recovers,
10 Nov 2021 in Music
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Rare Book Featuring the Concept Art for Jodorowsky’s Dune Goes Up for Auction (1975),
09 Nov 2021 in Books&Film&History&Sci Fi
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When Nikola Tesla Claimed to Have Invented a “Death Ray,” Capable of Destroying Enemies 250 Miles Away & Making War Obsolete,
08 Nov 2021 in History&Technology
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What Makes the Mona Lisa a Great Painting: A Deep Dive,
05 Nov 2021 in Art&History
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Michelangelo Entered a Competition to Put a Missing Arm Back on Laocoön and His Sons — and Lost,
04 Nov 2021 in Art&History
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Watch Wes Anderson’s Animated Music Video for The French Dispatch, Featuring a Track by Jarvis Cocker,
03 Nov 2021 in Animation&Film&Music
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Hear Brian Eno’s Contribution to the Soundtrack of David Lynch’s Dune (1984),
02 Nov 2021 in Film&Music&Sci Fi
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Watch the Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up” Music Video Re-Enacted by Robots,
01 Nov 2021 in Music&Technology
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Metallica Teaches a New Masterclass on How to Build & Sustain a Band,
31 Oct 2021 in Music&Online Courses
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Play a Kandinsky: A New Simulation Lets You Experience Kandinsky’s Synesthesia & the Sounds He May Have Heard When Painting “Yellow-Red-Blue”,
28 Oct 2021 in Art&History&Music