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• Map Showing Where Today’s Countries Would Be Located on Pangea, 25 Jul 2014 in Maps
• The Baffler Makes Its Back Issues All Free to Read Online, 24 Jul 2014 in Magazines
• Read 15,000 Marvel Comics Online for 99 Cents (for a Limited Time), 23 Jul 2014 in Comics/Cartoons
• A Quick Animated Tour of Iconic Modernist Houses, 23 Jul 2014 in Architecture
• The New Yorker Web Site is Entirely Free This Summer (Until It Goes Behind a Paywall This Fall), 22 Jul 2014 in Magazines&Media
• Stephen Fry Explains the Rules of Cricket in 10 Animated Videos, 21 Jul 2014 in Animation&Sports
• In Dark PSA, Director Richard Linklater Suggests Radical Steps for Dealing with Texters in Cinemas, 20 Jul 2014 in Comedy
• Did the Wayback Machine Catch Russian-Backed Rebels Claiming Responsibility for Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17?, 19 Jul 2014 in Current Affairs&Web/Tech
• Great Opening Lines of Fiction on Old School IBM Punch Cards, 17 Jul 2014 in Literature&Technology
• 5 Free Short Stories by Nadine Gordimer, 15 Jul 2014 in Literature
• Animated: Winston Churchill’s Top 10 Sayings About Failure, Courage, Setbacks, Haters & Success, 13 Jul 2014 in Life
• A Threat to Internet Freedom: Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger Explains Why Net Neutrality Matters, 10 Jul 2014 in Technology
• Game of Thrones: A Great Behind-the-Scenes Look at The Show’s Visual Effects, 10 Jul 2014 in Television
• 130 Free Microsoft eBooks & Guides, 09 Jul 2014 in e-books&Technology
• Read Online J.K. Rowling’s New Harry Potter Story: The First Glimpse of Harry as an Adult, 08 Jul 2014 in K-12&Literature&Sci Fi
• Robert De Niro’s Taxi Cab License Used to Prepare for Taxi Driver (1976), 07 Jul 2014 in Film
• Watch John Coltrane Turn His Handwritten Poem Into a Sublime Musical Passage on A Love Supreme, 04 Jul 2014 in Jazz&Music&Poetry
• 45 Massive Open Online Courses Getting Started in July: Enroll in a MOOC Today, 03 Jul 2014 in Uncategorized
• The Art of Mapping Music: Mike Hamad’s 200 Schematics of Songs by Phish, Pink Floyd & The Dead, 02 Jul 2014 in Art&Maps&Music
• E.O. Wilson’s Life on Earth Released as a Free eBook and Free Course on iTunes, 01 Jul 2014 in Biology&Books&e-books&Online Courses
• Neil deGrasse Tyson, High School Wrestling Team Captain, Invented a Physics-Based Wrestling Move, 01 Jul 2014 in Physics&Sports
• Free Download: They Might Be Giants Play Their Entire First Album Live, 30 Jun 2014 in Media
• Stephen Fry Reads the Legendary British Shipping Forecast, 30 Jun 2014 in Comedy&Radio
• The Internet’s Own Boy: New Documentary About Aaron Swartz Now Free Online, 29 Jun 2014 in Current Affairs&Film&Life&Web/Tech
• Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us, 27 Jun 2014 in Food & Drink
• Free Archive of Audio Interviews with Rock, Jazz & Folk Legends Now on iTunes, 26 Jun 2014 in Archives&Music
• Routledge Gives Free Access to 6,000 eBooks in June (Including Philosophy & Cultural Studies Texts), 24 Jun 2014 in e-books&Philosophy
• Eddie Vedder Sings Disney’s “Let It Go” at Pearl Jam Concert in Italy, 22 Jun 2014 in Music
• Jim Carrey Commencement Speech: It’s Better to Fail at What You Love Than Fail at What You Don’t, 22 Jun 2014 in Graduation Speech&Life
• Stephen Hawking Shows His Funny Side in John Oliver’s Series “Great Minds: People Who Think Good”, 19 Jun 2014 in Comedy&Physics
• 15-Year-Old George R.R. Martin Writes a Fan Letter to Stan Lee & Jack Kirby (1963), 19 Jun 2014 in Letters&Sci Fi
• The Oldest Known Illustration of Circumcision (2400 B.C.E.), 17 Jun 2014 in Art&History
• Ultra Violet — Artist and Friend of Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol — Dies at 78, 16 Jun 2014 in Art
• Restored Footage from the First World Cup: Uruguay, 1930, 16 Jun 2014 in History&Sports
• Anthony Burgess’ Lost Introduction to Joyce’s Dubliners Now Online, 15 Jun 2014 in e-books
• Archive of 5,000 Images Document the History of San Francisco and the Vehicles That Put It in Motion, 13 Jun 2014 in Archives&History&Photography
• 1756 TED Talks Listed in a Neat Spreadsheet, 11 Jun 2014 in TED Talks
• Rare Video: Fidel Castro Plays Baseball (1959), 11 Jun 2014 in History&Sports
• Free Audio: Go the F–k to Sleep Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, 10 Jun 2014 in Audio Books&K-12
• Deleted Scene from Almost Famous: Mom, “Stairway to Heaven” is Based on the Literature of Tolkien, 09 Jun 2014 in Film&Music
• David Brooks’ List of “Really Good Books”, 09 Jun 2014 in Books
• David Foster Wallace Subscribes to the The Believer Magazine with a Little Humor & Snark (2003), 05 Jun 2014 in Literature
• Introducing Ergo, the New Open Philosophy Journal, 04 Jun 2014 in e-books&Philosophy
• Philip Seymour Hoffman Contemplates Happiness in New Animated Video, 04 Jun 2014 in Animation&Life
• Free: Download 30,000 Images from The Museum of New Zealand (All in High Resolution), 03 Jun 2014 in Art&Museums
• John Cheever Reads “The Swimmer,” His Famous Short Story, in Its Entirety (1977), 03 Jun 2014 in Audio Books&Literature
• Ballet Dancers Do Their Hardest Moves in Slow Motion, 02 Jun 2014 in Dance
• Free NASA eBook Theorizes How We Will Communicate with Aliens, 31 May 2014 in Astronomy&e-books
• Stephen Hawking Reveals the Conditions That Could Lead to England’s Victory at The World Cup, 28 May 2014 in Sports
• Matthew Weiner on The Art of Writing Mad Men: The Paris Review Interview, 28 May 2014 in Television
• In Basho’s Footsteps: Hiking the Narrow Road to the Deep North Three Centuries Later, 28 May 2014 in Poetry
• Morgan Freeman & Fake Neil deGrasse Tyson Teach Physics While High on Helium and Grass, 27 May 2014 in Comedy&Physics&Television
• Chicken Infinite: A 532 Page Avant-Garde Chicken Recipe, 26 May 2014 in Food & Drink
• NPR Launches Database of Best Commencement Speeches Ever, 23 May 2014 in Graduation Speech&Life
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Puts Bill Gates’ Wealth into Funny Perspective, 22 May 2014 in Business&Random
• Support Metafilter, 21 May 2014 in Uncategorized
• Jonathan Safran Foer, Toni Morrison & Steven Pinker Cultivate Thought on Chipotle’s Cups and Bags, 21 May 2014 in Business&Literature
• David Bowie Remembers His Ziggy Stardust Days in Animated Video, 21 May 2014 in Animation&Music
• The First-Ever Look at the Original Disneyland Prospectus, 20 May 2014 in History
• 62 Psychedelic Classics: A Free Playlist Created by Sean Lennon, 18 May 2014 in Music
• Rare Video Shows FDR Walking: Filmed at the 1937 All-Star Game, 17 May 2014 in History
• Neil Gaiman Reads The Graveyard Book, His Award-Winning Kids Fantasy Novel, Chapter by Chapter, 16 May 2014 in Audio Books&K-12
• Bob Dylan Releases a New Cover of Frank Sinatra’s “Full Moon and Empty Arms”, 14 May 2014 in Music
• Johnny Cash Impersonates Elvis Presley: A Slapstick Version of “Heartbreak Hotel” (1959), 14 May 2014 in Comedy&Music
• Jimmy Page Gives Commencement Address at Berklee; Students Perform Led Zep Classics for Him, 13 May 2014 in Graduation Speech&Music
• Short Film Takes You Inside the Recovery of Andy Warhol’s Lost Computer Art, 12 May 2014 in Art&Technology
• David Lynch Explains Where His Ideas Come From, 12 May 2014 in Creativity
• The Evolution of London: 2,000 Years of Change Animated in 7 Minutes, 12 May 2014 in Animation&History
• 700 Free eBooks: Fiction, Poetry & Non-Fiction for Kindle, iPad & Other Devices, 11 May 2014 in e-books
• Golden Apples of the Sun: 2 Hours of Dramatized Ray Bradbury Stories, 09 May 2014 in Audio Books&Sci Fi
• Vi Hart Explains & Defends Net Neutrality in a New Doodle-Filled Video, 08 May 2014 in Business&Current Affairs
• Support “Green Reads,” a Program That Finances Libraries by Distributing Used Books in Eco-Friendly Vending Machines, 07 May 2014 in Books
• 15 Free eBooks on New Media Studies & the Digital Humanities, 06 May 2014 in e-books
• Global Breakfast Radio Lets You Listen to Radio Broadcasts From Wherever the Sun is Rising, 05 May 2014 in Radio
• What Was It Like to Have Philip Roth as an English Prof?, 05 May 2014 in Literature
• All of Bach for Free! New Site Will Put Performances of 1080 Bach Compositions Online, 04 May 2014 in Music
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Moonwalking, 04 May 2014 in Dance&Physics
• Pablo Picasso Poses as Popeye (1957), 01 May 2014 in Art&Photography
• Play “Space War!,” One of the Earliest Video Games, on Your Computer (1962), 30 Apr 2014 in Video Games
• Animated Life Lesson from Auschwitz: Make Sure All of Your Words Could Be Your Very Last, 29 Apr 2014 in Life
• German String Quartet Performs Vivaldi & Mozart in Delightfully Comical & Acrobatic Routine, 28 Apr 2014 in Music
• Piketty’s Capital in a Nutshell, 27 Apr 2014 in Books&Economics
• Free Online: Meet John Doe, Frank Capra’s Inspiring 1941 Classic, 26 Apr 2014 in Film
• I F***ing Love Science: The New, Uncensored Song by Hank Green, 26 Apr 2014 in Science
• Forrest Gump Directed by Wes Anderson: Here’s What It Would Look Like, 24 Apr 2014 in Film
• 30 Errol Morris Movies That Can Be Streamed Online, 24 Apr 2014 in Film
• The Getty Adds Another 77,000 Images to its Open Content Archive, 23 Apr 2014 in Archives&Art&Photography
• Free Stream of Indie Cindy, the Pixies’ First Album in 23 Years, 22 Apr 2014 in Music
• The Lonely Photo of Michel Foucault with a Full Head of Hair, 22 Apr 2014 in Philosophy&Random
• Bob Dylan Plays First Live Performance of “Hurricane,” His Song Defending Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (RIP) in 1975, 21 Apr 2014 in Music
• Sir Patrick Stewart & Sir Ian McKellen Play The Newlywed Game, 21 Apr 2014 in Comedy&Random
• Painter Paul Gauguin Plays the Harmonium with No Pants or Shoes (Circa 1895), 20 Apr 2014 in Art&Photography
• The Ultimate Warrior, Professional Wrestler & Philosopher, Created a Glossary of World Philosophies, 18 Apr 2014 in Philosophy&Sports
• Two Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Talk to Each Other & Get Into a Deep Philosophical Conversation, 16 Apr 2014 in Philosophy&Technology
• The Science of Caffeine: The World’s Most Popular Drug, 16 Apr 2014 in Food & Drink&Science
• Take Free Online Courses at Hogwarts: Charms, Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts & More, 15 Apr 2014 in Online Courses&Sci Fi
• Read Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, as It Was Originally Published in Rolling Stone (1971), 14 Apr 2014 in Books&e-books
• David Brooks: Should You Live for Your Résumé … Or Your Eulogy?, 14 Apr 2014 in Life
• The Coffee Pot That Fueled Honoré de Balzac’s Coffee Addiction, 10 Apr 2014 in Food & Drink&Literature
• Animated Video: Johnny Cash Explains Why Music Became a Religious Calling, 09 Apr 2014 in Animation&Music
• Jim Carrey Sings a Pretty Damn Good Cover of The Beatles “I Am the Walrus”, 09 Apr 2014 in Music
• Listen to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Play Through an Earthquake, 08 Apr 2014 in Music
• How to Survive the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: An Online Course by Michigan State, 08 Apr 2014 in Education&Life
• Watch Episode #5 of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos: Unlocking the Mysteries of Light (US Viewers), 07 Apr 2014 in Astronomy&Science&Television
• Batman Stars in an Unusual Cartoon Adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, 07 Apr 2014 in Comics/Cartoons&Literature
• Is the Lecture Hall Obsolete?: Thought Leaders Debate the Question, 05 Apr 2014 in Education
• 10 Wonderful Illustrations from the Original Manuscript of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, 03 Apr 2014 in Art&K-12
• 80 Massive Open Online Courses Getting Started in April: Enroll in a MOOC Today, 03 Apr 2014 in MOOCs
• Hipsters Ordering Coffee, 02 Apr 2014 in Comedy&Food & Drink
• Now You Can Learn to Speak Klingon with Rosetta Stone, 01 Apr 2014 in Language Lessons
• Batgirl Fights for Equal Pay in a 1960s Television Ad Supporting The Equal Pay Act, 01 Apr 2014 in History&Politics&Television
• Watch Episode #4 of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos: The Big Bang, Black Holes & More (US Viewers), 31 Mar 2014 in Science&Television
• Download De La Soul’s New Mixtape “Smell the Da.I.S.Y.” for Free, 31 Mar 2014 in Music
• Jorge Luis Borges, After Going Blind, Draws a Self-Portrait, 31 Mar 2014 in Art
• Bill Murray Croons a Soulful Cover of “The House of the Rising Sun”, 30 Mar 2014 in Comedy&Music&Television
• George R.R. Martin Releases a Free Chapter From The Winds of Winter: Read It Online, 30 Mar 2014 in Books&e-books
• What Does a $45 Million Viola Sound Like? Violist David Aaron Carpenter Gives You a Preview, 26 Mar 2014 in Music
• Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre Shooting a Gun in Their First Photo Together (1929), 26 Mar 2014 in Philosophy&Photography
• Billy Joel & Vanderbilt Student Perform Impromptu Duet of “New York State of Mind”, 25 Mar 2014 in Music
• Watch Episode #3 of Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson: “When Knowledge Conquered Fear” (US Viewers), 25 Mar 2014 in Physics&Television
• How the Ancient Greeks Shaped Modern Mathematics: A Short, Animated Introduction, 24 Mar 2014 in Animation&Math
• Electric Photo of Nikola Tesla, 1899, 21 Mar 2014 in History
• How Truffaut Became Truffaut: From Petty Thief to Great Auteur, 20 Mar 2014 in Film
• 1923 Photo of Claude Monet Colorized: See the Painter in the Same Color as His Paintings, 20 Mar 2014 in Art&Photography
• Watch Episode #2 of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos: Explains the Reality of Evolution (US Viewers), 18 Mar 2014 in Science
• Seinfeld & Nothingness: A Supercut of the Show’s Emptiest Moments, 16 Mar 2014 in Comedy&Philosophy&Television
• Watch David Brenner (RIP) Make the First of His 158 Appearances on The Tonight Show in 1971, 15 Mar 2014 in Comedy&Uncategorized
• Watch Episode #1 of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos Reboot on Hulu (US Viewers), 11 Mar 2014 in Astronomy&Television
• Getty Images Makes 35 Million Photos Free to Use Online, 06 Mar 2014 in Photography
• Download a Free Copy of Danah Boyd’s Book, It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, 04 Mar 2014 in e-books
• Springsteen Plays Lorde’s “Royals” & AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” in Down Under Concerts, 04 Mar 2014 in Music
• Twelve Years a Slave: Free eBook and Audio Book of the Memoir Behind the Film (1853), 03 Mar 2014 in e-books
• 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, 03 Mar 2014 in Books
• Watch Oscar-Winning Films Free Online, 02 Mar 2014 in Film
• Billy Corgan Performs an 8+ Hour Ambient Interpretation of Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha, 01 Mar 2014 in Music
• The Lyrics of Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” Charted on a Dynamic Google Map, 26 Feb 2014 in Music
• Get 50% Off Criterion Films on Blu-ray & DVD for the Next 24 Hours, 25 Feb 2014 in Film
• The Chemistry of Sriracha & What Sets Your Mouth Aflame, 25 Feb 2014 in Chemistry&Science
• Enjoy a Bluegrass Performance of Elton John’s 1972 Hit, “Rocket Man”, 24 Feb 2014 in Music
• Harvard Presents Two Free Online Courses on the Old Testament, 22 Feb 2014 in Harvard&Religion&Yale