About: cjmarshall
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Posts by cjmarshall:
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The Map of Medicine: A Comprehensive Animation Shows How the Fields of Modern Medicine Fit Together,
02 Jun 2023 in Health&Science
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Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad,
01 Jun 2023 in History&Politics
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The 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time, According to 177 Books Experts from 56 Countries,
31 May 2023 in Books
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Why French Sounds So Unlike Spanish, Italian & Other Romance Languages, Even Though They All Evolved from Latin,
30 May 2023 in History&Language
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The Art Collection of David Bowie: An Introduction,
29 May 2023 in Art&Music
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How John Keats Writes a Poem: A Line-by-Line Breakdown of “Ode on a Grecian Urn”,
25 May 2023 in Poetry
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John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous Paintings: An Introduction to Madame X and Dr. Pozzi at Home,
24 May 2023 in Art&History
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Watch Ben Kingsley Play Salvador Dalí in the Trailer for the New Film, Dalíland,
23 May 2023 in Art&Film
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Martin Amis (RIP) Explains Why American Populism Is a Con,
22 May 2023 in Literature&Politics&Writing
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A Brief History of the Concept Album: From Woody Guthrie, to the Beatles and Pink Floyd, to Taylor Swift,
19 May 2023 in History&Music
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The First Full 3D Scan of the Titanic, Made of More Than 700,000 Images Capturing the Wreck’s Every Detail,
18 May 2023 in History&Technology
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Behold the International Ink Library Created by the U.S. Secret Service: Features A Collection of 12,000 Ink Samples,
17 May 2023 in History&Technology
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Hear Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Last Playlist,” Which He Created for His Own Funeral: Erik Satie, Bill Evans, Debussy, Ravel & More,
16 May 2023 in Music
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Take Carl Jung’s Word Association Test, a Quick Route Into the Subconscious (1910),
16 May 2023 in History&Psychology
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Leonard Bernstein & Opera Star Christa Ludwig Get Into a Vigorous Creative Disagreement Over the Tempo of Mahler (1972),
12 May 2023 in Music
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Theoretical Puppets: Salvador Dalí, Sigmund Freud, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, and Other Thinkers Come Back to Life as Hand-Operated Puppets,
11 May 2023 in Philosophy
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The Story of the Flatiron Building, “New York’s Strangest Tower”,
10 May 2023 in Architecture&History
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What the Great Pyramids of Giza Originally Looked Like,
09 May 2023 in Architecture&History
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Take Virtual Tours of Every Star Trek Enterprise Bridge: A New Interactive Web Portal Created by The Roddenberry Archive,
08 May 2023 in Sci Fi&Television
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The Amazing Engineering of Gauntlets (Armored Gloves) from the 16th Century,
05 May 2023 in History
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The Pioneering Data Visualizations of William Playfair, Who Invented the Line, Bar, and Pie Charts (Circa 1786),
04 May 2023 in Data&History
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Watch a Traditional Japanese Carpenter Make 190+ Different Joints, All Without Nails, Screws, or Glue,
03 May 2023 in Architecture&Art
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Why Renaissance Masters Added Egg Yolk to Their Paints: A New Study Sheds Light,
02 May 2023 in Art&History&Science
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How the Art of Patrick Nagel, Still Seen in Nail Salons Today, Crystallized the 1980s Aesthetic,
02 May 2023 in Art&History
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Plan Your Trip Across the Roads of the Roman Empire, Using Modern Web Mapping Technology,
28 Apr 2023 in History&Maps&Travel
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The Five Graphs That Changed the World: See Groundbreaking Data Visualizations by Florence Nightingale, W. E. B. DuBois & Beyond,
27 Apr 2023 in Data&History
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Download Free Coloring Books from Nearly 100 Museums & Libraries,
26 Apr 2023 in Art&Books
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Urine Wheels in Medieval Manuscripts: Discover the Curious Diagnostic Tool Used by Medieval Doctors,
25 Apr 2023 in Books&Health&History
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Watch Iggy Pop Perform Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”,
24 Apr 2023 in Music&Poetry
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Why the Ancient Romans Had Better Teeth Than Modern Europeans,
21 Apr 2023 in Food & Drink&History
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Succession Star Brian Cox Tells the Entire Histories of Ancient Greece and Rome in 20 Minutes Each,
20 Apr 2023 in History
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Jazz Drummer Larnell Lewis Hears Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” for the Very First Time, Then Plays It Near-Perfectly,
19 Apr 2023 in Music
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How to Paint Like Yayoi Kusama, the Avant-Garde Japanese Artist,
18 Apr 2023 in Art&Online Courses
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Wes Anderson Re-Creates The Truman Show, Armageddon & Out of Sight as Stage Plays Performed by the Cast of Rushmore (1999),
18 Apr 2023 in Comedy&Film&Television
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Discover the Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, “the World’s Most Beautiful Calendar” (1416),
17 Apr 2023 in Art&Books&History
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The History of Ancient Japan: The Story of How Japan Began, Told by Those Who Witnessed It (297-1274),
13 Apr 2023 in History
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The Smithsonian Puts 4.5 Million High-Res Images Online and Into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Use,
12 Apr 2023 in Archives&History&Museums
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Historical Italian Cooking: How to Make Ancient Roman & Medieval Italian Dishes,
11 Apr 2023 in Food & Drink&History
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Behold the World’s First Modern Art Amusement Park, Featuring Attractions by Salvador Dalí, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein & More (1987),
10 Apr 2023 in Art&History
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How John Singer Sargent Became the Greatest Portraitist Who Ever Lived — by Painting “Outside the Lines”,
07 Apr 2023 in Art&History
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Europe’s Oldest Map: Discover the Saint-Bélec Slab (Circa 2150–1600 BCE),
06 Apr 2023 in History&Maps
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Watch David Bowie’s Final Performance as Ziggy Stardust, Singing “I Got You Babe” with Marianne Faithfull, on The Midnight Special (1973),
05 Apr 2023 in Music&Television
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How Michelangelo’s David Still Draws Admiration and Controversy Today,
04 Apr 2023 in Art&History
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, RIP: Watch Him Create Groundbreaking Electronic Music in 1984,
03 Apr 2023 in Music
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Wes Anderson Goes Sci-Fi in 1950s America: Watch the Trailer for His New Film Asteroid City,
31 Mar 2023 in Film
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David Byrne Explains How the “Big Suit” He Wore in Stop Making Sense Was Inspired by Japanese Kabuki Theatre,
30 Mar 2023 in Fashion&Film&Music
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Watch the World’s First Film Made in Babylonian, the Language of Ancient Mesopotamia,
29 Mar 2023 in Film&History&Language
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Understanding Espresso: A Six-Part Series Explaining What It Takes to Pull the Ideal Shot,
28 Mar 2023 in Food & Drink
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A Medieval Arabic Manuscript Features the Designs for a “Perpetual Flute” and Other Ingenious Mechanical Devices,
27 Mar 2023 in History&Technology
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Beethoven’s Genome Has Been Sequenced for the First Time, Revealing Clues About the Great Composer’s Health & Family History,
24 Mar 2023 in History&Music&Science
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Ai Weiwei Recreates Monet’s Water Lilies Triptych Using 650,000 Lego Bricks,
23 Mar 2023 in Art
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The March of Intellect: Newspaper Cartoons Satirize the Belief in Technological Progress in 1820s England,
22 Mar 2023 in Comics/Cartoons&History
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Amélie Was Really a KGB Spy: Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet Re-Edits His Beloved Film, Amélie, into a New Comedic Short,
21 Mar 2023 in Film
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Explore the Hereford Mappa Mundi, the Largest Medieval Map Still in Existence (Circa 1300),
20 Mar 2023 in History&Maps
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A Visit to the World’s Oldest Hotel, Japan’s Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan, Established in 705 AD,
17 Mar 2023 in History&Travel
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A Student Writes a Rejection Letter Rejecting Harvard’s Rejection Letter (1981): Hear It Read by Actor Himesh Patel,
16 Mar 2023 in Education&Harvard&Letters
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How the World’s Biggest Dome Was Built: The Story of Filippo Brunelleschi and the Duomo in Florence,
15 Mar 2023 in Architecture&History
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Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course: Explore the TV Series That Introduced the Wines of the World (1995),
15 Mar 2023 in Food & Drink
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Why Georges Seurat’s Pointillist Painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Is a Masterpiece,
14 Mar 2023 in Art&History
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How 99% of Ancient Literature Was Lost,
13 Mar 2023 in History&Literature
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A New Dutch Reality TV Show Challenges Contestants to Paint Like Vermeer–and It’s a Hit!,
10 Mar 2023 in Art&Television
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Bored at Work? Here’s What Your Brain Is Trying to Tell You,
08 Mar 2023 in Life&Neuroscience&Psychology
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Essential Japanese Cinema: A Journey Through 50 of Japan’s Beautiful, Often Bizarre Films,
08 Mar 2023 in Film
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Hear De La Soul’s Highly Acclaimed & Influential Hip-Hop Albums Streaming Free for the First Time,
07 Mar 2023 in Music
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The Dos & Don’ts of Driving to West Berlin During the Cold War: A Weird Piece of Ephemera from the 1980s,
06 Mar 2023 in History
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Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon Turns 50: Hear It Get Psychoanalyzed by Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin,
02 Mar 2023 in Music
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The Military Adventures of Alexander the Great: An Animated Documentary Shows How He Conquered Most of the Known World (336-323 BC),
01 Mar 2023 in History
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Venice’s Canals Have Run Dry During a Winter Drought, Leaving Gondolas Stuck in the Mud,
28 Feb 2023 in Nature
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Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories: From Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” to “Cinderella”,
27 Feb 2023 in Literature
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How One Man Keeps Showing Films in a Japanese Cinema That Closed 58 Years Ago: A Moving, Short Documentary,
24 Feb 2023 in Film&Travel
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The Art of Making Movie Trailers: A Longtime Movie Trailer Editor Breaks Down Classic Previews for Dr. Strangelove, Carrie, and Others,
23 Feb 2023 in Film
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When a UFO Came to Japan in 1803: Discover the Legend of Utsuro-bune,
22 Feb 2023 in History&Sci Fi
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Leonardo’s Lost Sketches Suggest That He Theorized Gravity Before Galileo & Newton,
21 Feb 2023 in History&Science
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Watch 80 Minutes of Never-Released Footage Showing the Wreckage of the Titanic (1986),
20 Feb 2023 in History
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How to Silence the Negative Chatter in Our Heads: Psychology Professor Ethan Kross Explains,
18 Feb 2023 in Psychology
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How to Solve the Prisoner’s Dilemma: A Gloriously Animated Explanation of the Classic Game-Theory Problem,
17 Feb 2023 in Animation&Economics&Photography
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A 3D Computer Animation of the Panopticon, Jeremy Bentham’s 18th Century Design for an All-Controlling Prison,
16 Feb 2023 in Architecture&Philosophy
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The Futurist Architectural Designs Created by Étienne-Louis Boullée in the 18th Century,
15 Feb 2023 in Architecture&Art&History
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An Introduction to the World-Renowned Architect Zaha Hadid, “the Queen of the Curve”,
13 Feb 2023 in Architecture
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Noam Chomsky on ChatGPT: It’s “Basically High-Tech Plagiarism” and “a Way of Avoiding Learning”,
10 Feb 2023 in Education&Technology
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LEGO Releases the Most Elaborate Lord of the Rings Set: A 6,167-Piece Rivendell,
10 Feb 2023 in Literature
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How The Beatles Reviewed Songs Topping the Charts During the 1960s: Hear Their Takes on the Beach Boys, Ray Charles, the Byrds, Joan Baez & More,
09 Feb 2023 in History&Magazines&Music
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Coffee College: Everything You Wanted to Know about Coffee Making in One Lecture,
08 Feb 2023 in Food & Drink
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The Unrealized Projects of Frank Lloyd Wright Get Brought to Life with 3D Digital Reconstructions,
07 Feb 2023 in Architecture
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A Guided Tour Through All of Vermeer’s Famous Paintings, Narrated by Stephen Fry,
06 Feb 2023 in Art&History&Museums
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YouTube & Arizona State University Team Up to Offer Online Courses for Real College Credits,
02 Feb 2023 in MOOCs&Online Courses&YouTube
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What People Named Their Cats in the Middle Ages: Gyb, Mite, Méone, Pangur Bán & More,
01 Feb 2023 in History&Poetry
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Why We All Need Subtitles Now,
31 Jan 2023 in Film&Technology&Television
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When Leonard Bernstein Turned Voltaire’s Candide into an Opera (with Help from Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker & Stephen Sondheim),
30 Jan 2023 in Literature&Opera
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The Two Fridas: An Introduction to Frida Kahlo’s Famous Large-Scale Painting (1939),
27 Jan 2023 in Art&History
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Stream 385,000 Vintage 78 RPM Records at the Internet Archive: Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday & More,
26 Jan 2023 in History&Internet Archive&Music
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When Orson Welles Denounced Elia Kazan as a Traitor for Giving Other Filmmakers’ Names to Joe McCarthy (1982),
25 Jan 2023 in Film&History
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Bell Telephone Launched a Mobile Phone During the 1940s: Watch Bell’s Film Showing How It Worked,
24 Jan 2023 in Film&History&Technology
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Watch Classic Performances by Yellow Magic Orchestra, the Japanese Band That Became One of the Most Innovative Electronic Music Acts of All Time,
23 Jan 2023 in Music
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The Mystery Finally Solved: Why Has Roman Concrete Been So Durable?,
20 Jan 2023 in Architecture&History
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A Virtual Tour of Ancient Athens: Fly Over Classical Greek Civilization in All Its Glory,
19 Jan 2023 in Architecture&History
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ChatGPT Writes a Song in the Style of Nick Cave–and Nick Cave Calls it “a Grotesque Mockery of What It Is to Be Human”,
18 Jan 2023 in Music&Technology
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The Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery: A New Online Collection Presents All of the Original Illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels,
17 Jan 2023 in Art&Books&Literature
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How Futurists Envisioned the Future in the 1920s: Moving Walkways, Personal Helicopters, Glass-Domed Cities, Dream Recorders & More,
16 Jan 2023 in History&Sci Fi&Technology
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Thanks to Artificial Intelligence, You Can Now Chat with Historical Figures: Shakespeare, Einstein, Austen, Socrates & More,
13 Jan 2023 in History&Technology
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An Architect Demystifies the Art Deco Design of the Iconic Chrysler Building (1930),
12 Jan 2023 in Architecture&History
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Humans First Started Wearing Clothes At Least 300,000 Years Ago, New Research Finds,
11 Jan 2023 in Fashion&History
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The Oldest Known Sentence Written in an Alphabet Has Been Found on a Head-Lice Comb (Circa 1700 BC),
10 Jan 2023 in History
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Visit the “Cat Islands” of Japan, Where Felines Outnumber Humans,
09 Jan 2023 in Nature&Travel
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How to Watch Hundreds of Free Movies on YouTube,
06 Jan 2023 in Film
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How to Make Ancient Mesopotamian Beer: See the 4,000-Year-Old Brewing Method Put to the Test,
05 Jan 2023 in Food & Drink&History
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2023: Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, Franz Kafka’s Amerika & More,
04 Jan 2023 in Books&Film&Music
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“Weird Al” Yankovic Breaks Down His Most Iconic Tracks: “Eat It,” “Amish Paradise,” “White and Nerdy,” and His Other Hilarious Songs,
03 Jan 2023 in Comedy&Music
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The Archives of the Planet: Explore 72,000 Photos Taken a Century Ago to Document Human Cultures Around the World,
03 Jan 2023 in History&Photography&Travel
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How the Ancient Romans Built Their Roads, the Lifelines of Their Vast Empire,
02 Jan 2023 in History
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Watch Restored Versions of Classic Fleischer Cartoons on Youtube, Featuring Betty Boop, Koko the Clown & Others,
30 Dec 2022 in Animation&Film&History
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How to Make Roman Concrete, One of Human Civilization’s Longest-Lasting Building Materials,
28 Dec 2022 in Architecture&History
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How Fast Food Began: The History of This Thoroughly American (and Now Global) Form of Dining,
28 Dec 2022 in Food & Drink&History
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American Gothic Explained: How Grant Wood Created His Iconic American Painting (1930),
27 Dec 2022 in Art&History
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How a Lavish 17th-Century Study of Fish Almost Prevented the Publication of Newton’s Principia, One of the Most Important Science Books Ever Written,
26 Dec 2022 in Books&History&Nature&Science
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An Old-Time Radio Yuletide: Hear 20+ Hours of Vintage Christmas Radio Shows (1938-1956),
23 Dec 2022 in Radio
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Tom Lehrer Puts His Songs into the Public Domain & Makes Them Free to Download (for a Limited Time),
22 Dec 2022 in Music
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The Roman Roads and Bridges You Can Still Travel Today,
21 Dec 2022 in Architecture&History
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The History of Western Art in 23 Minutes: From the Prehistoric to the Contemporary,
20 Dec 2022 in Art&History
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The Avant-Garde Animated Films of Walter Ruttmann, Still Strikingly Fresh a Century Later (1921-1925),
19 Dec 2022 in Animation&Film
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Behold Beautiful Original Movie Posters for Metropolis from France, Sweden, Germany, Japan & Beyond,
16 Dec 2022 in Design&Film
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Watch 80 Free Documentaries from Kino Lorber: Includes Films on M. C. Escher, Stanley Kubrick, Hannah Arendt, Hilma af Klint & More,
16 Dec 2022 in Film
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Hear the Best of Angelo Badalamenti (RIP) from 1986-2017: Features Music from David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks & More,
15 Dec 2022 in Film&Music
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The Museum of Wonky English, a Japanese Exhibition Dedicated to Hilarious Mistranslations,
14 Dec 2022 in Language Lessons&Museums&Writing
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How to Get Dressed & Fight in 14th Century Armor: A Reenactment,
14 Dec 2022 in History
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How Will AI Change the World?: A Captivating Animation Explores the Promise & Perils of Artificial Intelligence,
13 Dec 2022 in Animation&Technology
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The Disturbing Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch: A Short Introduction,
13 Dec 2022 in Art&History&Psychology
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480 Filmmakers Reveal the 100 Greatest Movies in the World,
08 Dec 2022 in Film
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The 30 Greatest Films Ever Made: A Video Essay,
07 Dec 2022 in Film
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How to Read Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A British Museum Curator Explains,
06 Dec 2022 in History&Museums&Writing
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The 100 Greatest Films of All Time According to 1,639 Film Critics & 480 Directors: See the Results of the Once-a-Decade Sight and Sound Poll,
02 Dec 2022 in Film
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A Chinese Painter Specializing in Copying Van Gogh Paintings Travels to Amsterdam & Sees Van Gogh’s Masterpieces for the First Time,
01 Dec 2022 in Art
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See 21 Historic Films by Lumière Brothers, Colorized and Enhanced with Machine Learning (1895-1902),
30 Nov 2022 in Film&History
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8th Century Englishwoman Scribbled Her Name & Drew Funny Pictures in a Medieval Manuscript, According to New Cutting-Edge Technology,
29 Nov 2022 in Books&History
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Ancient Roman Coins Reveal the Existence of a Forgotten Roman Emperor,
28 Nov 2022 in History
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A List of 1,065 Medieval Dog Names: Nosewise, Garlik, Havegoodday & More,
25 Nov 2022 in History
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When Salvador Dalí Dressed — and Angrily Demolished — a Department Store Window in New York City (1939),
25 Nov 2022 in Art&History
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A Relaxing, ASMR Re-Creation of People Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner in the 1820s,
23 Nov 2022 in Food & Drink&History
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The First Kiss Captured on Film: Behold “The Kiss” Shot by Photography Pioneer Eadweard Muybridge (1887),
22 Nov 2022 in Film&History
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Why Recent Decades All Feel Culturally the Same, and Why Mark Fisher Thought Capitalism Was to Blame,
22 Nov 2022 in Politics