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• Free Coloring Books from Libraries & Museums: Download & Color Thousands of Free Images (2024), 20 Mar 2024 in Art&Coloring Books
• OpenVertebrate Presents a Massive Database of 13,000 3D Scans of Vertebrate Specimens, 19 Mar 2024 in Biology
• An Animated Introduction to the Rosetta Stone, and How It Unlocked Our Understanding of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, 18 Mar 2024 in History
• The Founder of the Red Cross Creates a Diagram of the Apocalypse (1887), 14 Mar 2024 in Art&History&Religion
• 6,000 Years of History Visualized in a 23-Foot-Long Timeline of World History, Created in 1871, 13 Mar 2024 in History&Maps
• Salvador Dalí’s Surreal Cutlery Set from 1957, 12 Mar 2024 in Art&Food & Drink
• How Engineers Straightened the Leaning Tower of Pisa, 11 Mar 2024 in Architecture&History
• Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Alexei Navalny’s Final Letter: “Victory Is Inevitable. We Must Not Give Up”, 08 Mar 2024 in Current Affairs
• Behold Soviet Animations of Ray Bradbury Stories, 07 Mar 2024 in Animation&Film&Literature
• Almost 500 Etchings by Rembrandt Now Free Online, Courtesy of the Morgan Library & Museum, 06 Mar 2024 in Art
• The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older Than We Thought, Emerging in Renaissance Italy, 05 Mar 2024 in History&Math
• Keith Richards Performs “I’m Waiting For The Man”: A New Tribute to Lou Reed, 04 Mar 2024 in Life&Music
• The US Postal Service to Release Stamp Collection Featuring the Photography of Ansel Adams, 01 Mar 2024 in Art
• Learn to Become a Digital Marketing Analyst with Unilever’s New Certificate Program, 29 Feb 2024 in Business
• Kino Lorber Lets You Stream 146 Films on YouTube: Tilda Swinton, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Buster Keaton & More, 29 Feb 2024 in Film
• When the Berlin Philharmonic Performed John Cage’s Iconic Piece 4′33″, Capturing the Solitude of the Pandemic (2020), 28 Feb 2024 in Music
• How French Artists in 1899 Envisioned What Life Would Look Like in the Year 2000, 27 Feb 2024 in Art&Life
• “Hello Vincent”: A Generative AI Project Brings Vincent Van Gogh to Life at the Musée D’Orsay, 23 Feb 2024 in Art&Technology
• Hear Grace Slick’s Hair-Raising Vocals in the Isolated Track for “White Rabbit” (1967), 22 Feb 2024 in Music
• The Jazz Classic “Take Five” Played Beautifully on a 1959 Classical Guitar, 21 Feb 2024 in Music
• A Web Site That Lets You Find Your Home Address on Pangea, 19 Feb 2024 in History&Maps
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” Played on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument That Emerged 1,400 Years Ago, 19 Feb 2024 in Music
• Punk Dulcimer: Hear The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” Played on the Dulcimer, 15 Feb 2024 in Music
• The Cover of George Orwell’s 1984 Becomes Less Censored with Wear & Tear, 14 Feb 2024 in Design
• 10 Biggest Threats to the World in 2024, Ranked by Ian Bremmer, 13 Feb 2024 in Current Affairs
• Behold a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time, 08 Feb 2024 in Animation&Film
• Beethoven’s 5th: Watch an Animated Graphical Score, 08 Feb 2024 in Animation&Music
• Watch Dziga Vertov’s Soviet Toys: The First Soviet Animated Movie Ever (1924), 07 Feb 2024 in Animation&History
• Gillian Anderson Reads Anaïs Nin’s Passionate Letter about Sex and Poetry, 02 Feb 2024 in Life&Poetry
• Explore the Surface of Mars in Spectacular 4K Resolution, 31 Jan 2024 in Art&Science
• Amazon Offers Free AI Courses, Aiming to Help 2 Million People Build AI Skills by 2025, 26 Jan 2024 in Artificial Intelligence&Online Courses
• Free Download: A Knitting Pattern for a Sweater Depicting an Iconic Cover of George Orwell’s 1984, 23 Jan 2024 in Books&Fashion
• The Roman Author Pliny the Younger Gets Ghosted by a Friend, and Goes on a Rant: Hear It Read by Actor Rob Delaney, 22 Jan 2024 in History&Letters
• Stanford Continuing Studies Offering a Course on the History & Music of the Grateful Dead, Taught by David Gans: Starts on Monday, January 22, 21 Jan 2024 in Music&Online Courses
• Every Political Ideology Explained in 8 Minutes, 19 Jan 2024 in Politics
• 60 Free Film Noir Movies to Get You Through 2024, 18 Jan 2024 in Film
• J.S. Bach’s Opera, “The Coffee Cantata,” Sings the Praises of the Great Stimulating Drink (1735), 17 Jan 2024 in Food & Drink&Music
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Gives Life-Changing Advice to Teens: Watch His Speech, “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” (1967), 15 Jan 2024 in History&Life
• The Pixies Perform a Hypnotic Version of “Gouge Away” at the BBC, 15 Jan 2024 in Music
• The Cool Science of Snowflakes in 4 Minutes, with Brian Cox, 12 Jan 2024 in Nature&Science
• Bertrand Russell & Buckminster Fuller on Why We Should Work Less, and Live and Learn More, 11 Jan 2024 in Economics&Life
• How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known, 05 Jan 2024 in Nature&Psychology
• Dance Like David Byrne! An Easy-to-Follow Instructional Video Shows You How, 04 Jan 2024 in Creativity&Dance&How to Learn for Free&Music
• Watch the Moment When a 13-Year-Old Becomes the First Person to Ever “Beat” Tetris, 03 Jan 2024 in Games
• The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions Read by Bob Dylan, 01 Jan 2024 in Life
• When The Who (Literally) Blew Up The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967, 28 Dec 2023 in Life&Television
• David Bowie Sends a Christmas Greeting in the Voice of Elvis Presley (and Sings “I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You”), 22 Dec 2023 in Music&Random
• The Story of The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York,” the Boozy Ballad That Became a Beloved Christmas Song, 21 Dec 2023 in Music
• How Pantone Became the Global Authority on Color, 21 Dec 2023 in Design
• The History of Cartography, the “Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever,” Is Free Online, 19 Dec 2023 in History&Maps
• The History of the Earth (All 4.5 Billion Years) in 1 Hour: A Million Years Covered Every Second, 19 Dec 2023 in History&Science
• Threads Now Available in Europe & UK (Plus the US): Get Our Daily Culture Posts There at @OpenCulture, 17 Dec 2023 in Random
• Hunter S. Thompson Sets His Christmas Tree on Fire, Nearly Burning His House Down (1990), 15 Dec 2023 in Literature&Random
• Winston Churchill Gets a Doctor’s Note to Drink Unlimited Alcohol While Visiting the U.S. During Prohibition (1932), 11 Dec 2023 in Food & Drink&History
• The Beatles Versus the Stones: An Animated Battle of the Bands, 11 Dec 2023 in Animation&Music
• Glen Hansard & Lisa O’Neill Perform a Stirring Version of “Fairytale of New York” at Shane MacGowan’s Funeral: Watch Their Send-Off, 10 Dec 2023 in Life&Music
• College Presidents Lampooned on Saturday Night Live’s Cold Open, 10 Dec 2023 in Comedy&Current Affairs
• Why Violins Have F‑Holes: The Science & History of the Renaissance Design, 08 Dec 2023 in Music
• A Busy Person’s Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs), 07 Dec 2023 in Online Courses&Technology
• Shane MacGowan & Sinéad O’Connor Duet Together, Performing a Moving Rendition of “Haunted” (RIP), 04 Dec 2023 in Life&Music
• Juilliard Jazz Drummer Hears & Plays Nirvana For The First Time, Figuring Out the Drum Parts in Real Time, 30 Nov 2023 in Music
• Napoleon’s Kindle: Discover the Miniaturized Traveling Library That the Emperor Took on Military Campaigns, 29 Nov 2023 in Books&History
• Generative AI for Everyone: A Free Course from AI Pioneer Andrew Ng, 29 Nov 2023 in Artificial Intelligence&Online Courses&Stanford&Technology
• Watch Prince Bust Some Eye-Popping Moves in Rehearsal Footage from 1984, 24 Nov 2023 in Dance&Music
• MasterClass Lets You Get Two Memberships for the Price of One (for a Limited Time), 23 Nov 2023 in Deals
• Thanksgiving Menu at the Plaza Hotel in New York City (1899), 22 Nov 2023 in Food & Drink
• The Evolution of Bugs Bunny’s Appearance Over His Eight Decade Career, 17 Nov 2023 in Animation&Comedy&Comics/Cartoons
• Marie Curie’s Research Papers Are Still Radioactive a Century Later, 15 Nov 2023 in Science
• Bertrand Russell: The Everyday Benefit of Philosophy Is That It Helps You Live with Uncertainty, 15 Nov 2023 in Life&Philosophy
• A Researcher Identifies the Old Man on the Iconic Cover of Led Zeppelin IV, 52 Years After the Album’s Release, 10 Nov 2023 in Art&Music
• Political Scientist Ian Bremmer Breaks Down the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 09 Nov 2023 in Current Affairs
• Renaissance Knives Had Music Engraved on the Blades & Now You Can Hear the Songs Performed by Modern Singers, 09 Nov 2023 in History&Music
• The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Historical Primers That Help Explain the Century-Long Conflict, 06 Nov 2023 in History
• Alain de Botton Presents an ASMR Reading of Proust’s Swann’s Way, 03 Nov 2023 in Health&Literature
• The Making of the Last Beatles Song, “Now and Then”: A Short Film, 02 Nov 2023 in Music&Technology
• Hear Classic Readings of Poe’s “The Raven” by Vincent Price, James Earl Jones, Christopher Walken, Neil Gaiman & More, 31 Oct 2023 in Audio Books&Literature
• Stephen King’s 22 Favorite Movies, Packed with Horror & Suspense, 29 Oct 2023 in Film
• The Talking Heads Reunite on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Revisit Their Early Days as a Band, 27 Oct 2023 in Music
• David Lynch Teaches You to Cook His Quinoa Recipe in a Strange, Surrealist Video, 24 Oct 2023 in Film&Food & Drink
• Download 222 Belle Époque Art Posters: An Online Archive of Masterpieces from the “Golden Age of the Poster” (1880–1918), 20 Oct 2023 in Art
• How to Pour a Beer the Right Way, 19 Oct 2023 in Food & Drink
• 130 Animators Remake an Episode of Frasier, One Frame at a Time, 18 Oct 2023 in Animation&Television
• Watch a Strange Animation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tell-Tale Heart,” Voted the 24th Best Cartoon of All Time (1953), 17 Oct 2023 in Film&Literature
• Yuval Noah Harari and Fareed Zakaria Break Down What’s Happening in the Middle East, 15 Oct 2023 in Current Affairs
• Ian Bremmer on The Israel-Hamas War, and What It Means for the World, 11 Oct 2023 in Current Affairs
• The Physics of Playing a Guitar Visualized: Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” Seen from the Inside of a Guitar, 06 Oct 2023 in Music&Physics
• Carl Jung on the Power of Tarot Cards: They Provide Doorways to the Unconscious & Perhaps a Way to Predict the Future, 05 Oct 2023 in Art&Design&Psychology
• Coffee Can Make Concrete 30% Stronger, a New Study Finds, 04 Oct 2023 in Food & Drink&Technology
• Leonardo da Vinci’s Handwritten Resume (Circa 1482), 03 Oct 2023 in Art&History
• Why Henry VIII’s Codpiece Is So Monumental in Holbein’s Famous, Lost Portrait, 02 Oct 2023 in Art&Fashion
• Behold the Jacobean Traveling Library: The 17th Century Forerunner to the Kindle, 27 Sep 2023 in Books&Design
• Sylvia Plath’s Ten Back to School Commandments (1953), 22 Sep 2023 in Life&Literature
• The Story of Lorem Ipsum: How Scrambled Text by Cicero Became Used by Typesetters Everywhere, 21 Sep 2023 in Books&Design
• A Fully Functional Replica of the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Analog Computer from Ancient Greece, Re-Created in LEGO, 18 Sep 2023 in Design&History&Technology
• “Doctor, My Eyes” Performed by Jackson Browne & Musicians Around the World, 14 Sep 2023 in Music
• Coffee Connoisseur James Hoffmann Reviews a $20,000 Espresso Maker, 13 Sep 2023 in Food & Drink
• The Romanovs’ Last Ball Brought to Life in Color Photographs (1903), 08 Sep 2023 in History&Photography
• Jimmy Buffett (RIP) Performs His New Song “Margaritaville,” Live in 1978: The Birth of a Song That Later Became a Business Empire, 02 Sep 2023 in Business&Life&Music
• Tom Jones & Chuck Berry Perform Together, Singing “Roll Over Beethoven” & “Memphis” (1974), 01 Sep 2023 in Music
• Everything You Wanted to Ask About Psychedelics: A Johns Hopkins Psychedelics Researcher Answers 24 Questions in 2 Hours, 31 Aug 2023 in Psychology
• 700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online, 30 Aug 2023 in Art&History
• Johnny Cash Sings “Barbie Girl” in the Style of “Folsom Prison Blues” … with a Little Help from A.I., 28 Aug 2023 in Music&Technology
• Steely Dan’s “Do It Again” Performed on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument Dating Back to the 6th Century, 25 Aug 2023 in Music
• Brian Eno on the Loss of Humanity in Modern Music, 24 Aug 2023 in Music
• The Psychedelic Animated Video for Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn” (1979), 22 Aug 2023 in Animation&Music
• Chuck Berry & the Bee Gees Perform Together in 1973: An Unexpected Video from The Midnight Special Archive, 21 Aug 2023 in Music
• Robert Reich’s UC Berkeley Course on Wealth & Poverty Is Free Online, 17 Aug 2023 in Economics&Online Courses
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Strict Rules for Watching Psycho in Theaters (1960), 15 Aug 2023 in Film
• A New Course Teaches You How to Tap the Powers of ChatGPT and Put It to Work for You, 11 Aug 2023 in Technology
• The Band’s Classic Song, “The Weight,” Sung by Robbie Robertson (RIP) and Musicians Around the World, 10 Aug 2023 in Life&Music
• Watch Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with a Modern, New Electronic Soundtrack (1927), 09 Aug 2023 in Film&Music
• Watch Oppenheimer: The Decision to Drop the Bomb, a 1965 Documentary Featuring J. Robert Oppenheimer, 04 Aug 2023 in Film&History
• Sinéad O’Connor’s Raw Isolated Vocals for “Nothing Compares 2 U”, 02 Aug 2023 in Music
• Pakistani Musicians Play a Wonderful Version of Dave Brubeck’s Jazz Classic, “Take Five”, 01 Aug 2023 in Animation&History
• Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back, 25 Jul 2023 in Music&Technology
• Steely Dan’s Lost Jingle for a Schlitz Beer Commercial (Circa 1973), 24 Jul 2023 in Music
• Exquisite 2300-Year-Old Scythian Woman’s Boot Preserved in the Frozen Ground of Siberia, 23 Jul 2023 in History&Photography
• GWAR Performs a Tiny Desk Concert: When Heavy Metal Meets NPR, 21 Jul 2023 in Music
• How to Spot Bullshit: A Manual by Princeton Philosopher Harry Frankfurt (RIP), 18 Jul 2023 in Philosophy
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Explains How, Upon Witnessing the First Nuclear Explosion, He Recited a Line from the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds”, 17 Jul 2023 in History&Physics&Religion
• You Can Get Open Culture Posts on Threads, Bluesky & Other Social Media Platforms, 16 Jul 2023 in Random
• The First Known Photograph of People Having a Beer (1843), 14 Jul 2023 in History&Photography
• The Oldest Known Footage of London (1890–1920) Features the City’s Great Landmarks, 14 Jul 2023 in History&Television
• Hear the Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ Sung in the Indigenous Mi’kmaq Language, 06 Jul 2023 in Language&Music
• Frederick Douglass’s Fiery 1852 Speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro,” Read by James Earl Jones, 04 Jul 2023 in History
• Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944), 04 Jul 2023 in Music
• 3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931), 30 Jun 2023 in Art
• A Newly-Discovered Fresco in Pompeii Reveals a Precursor to Pizza, 29 Jun 2023 in Art&Food & Drink&History
• 1,500 Paintings & Drawings by Vincent van Gogh Have Been Digitized & Put Online, 28 Jun 2023 in Archives&Art
• Is Coffee Good for You?: A Coffee Connoisseur Reviews the Scientific Research, 23 Jun 2023 in Food & Drink&Health
• The Tarot Card Deck Created by Salvador Dalí, 21 Jun 2023 in Art
• How to Bake Ancient Roman Bread from 79 AD: A Video Introduction, 21 Jun 2023 in Food & Drink&History
• The Three Punctuation Rules of Cormac McCarthy (RIP), and How They All Go Back to James Joyce, 13 Jun 2023 in Literature&Writing
• Dire Straits’ “Sultans Of Swing” Performed on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument Dating Back to the 6th Century, 12 Jun 2023 in Music
• The Absurd Logistics of Concert Tours: The Behind-the-Scenes Preparation You Don’t Get to See, 08 Jun 2023 in Music
• Why Music Festivals Sound Better Than Ever: A Coachella Sound Engineer Demystifies Modern Sound Systems, 07 Jun 2023 in Music
• Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” Played By Musicians Around the World, 02 Jun 2023 in Music
• The Complete Collection Of MTV’s Headbangers Ball: Watch 1,215 Videos from the Heyday of Metal Videos, 01 Jun 2023 in Music&Television
• Kraftwerk’s “The Robots” Performed by German 1st Graders in Cute Cardboard Robot Costumes, 31 May 2023 in Music&Random
• Jonathan Demme Turns the Kurt Vonnegut Story, “Who Am I This Time?,” Into a TV Movie, with Susan Sarandon & Christopher Walken in Starring Roles (1982), 26 May 2023 in Film