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[ad_1] As infrastructure goes, water towers are pretty picturesque. Some people turn them into houses once the city no longer needs them. The designers at Pop...
[ad_1] Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss is a deceptively simple portrait of lust and love. But beyond that glittery gold leaf, the work is full of fascinating...
[ad_1] How can you tell jaguars and leopards apart? Both of the big cats are spotted, toothy, whiskered, and huge. But there are plenty of differences...
[ad_1] In 1954, computer scientist and brilliant mathematician Alan Turing died after biting into an apple laced with cyanide—a real-life version of Snow White and the...
[ad_1] A few facts about the 1985 comedy starring Chevy Chase as investigative reporter Irwin M. Fletcher. Since 1974, mystery writer Gregory Mcdonald has written 11...
[ad_1] Thanks to Dogs Playing Poker, painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (a.k.a. C.M. Coolidge) has earned the dubious distinction of being called “the most famous American artist...
[ad_1] Packing for a vacation, business trip, or mandatory family visit can seem like solving a jigsaw puzzle. How do you bring everything you need and...
[ad_1] The days are long, the weather is warm … time to fire up the grill! In 2015, we asked Myron Mixon—a.k.a. the winningest man in...
[ad_1] There aren’t many frontiers left on Earth. Explorers have scaled the world’s tallest mountains and taken samples from Antarctica’s deepest subglacial lakes. You can even visit...
[ad_1] We can’t actually hear someone chortle or guffaw through the internet, but we still want to express our emotions. Luckily, internet residents have come up...
[ad_1] Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo’s Pietà has inspired emotion, faith, and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet...
[ad_1] In the late 1800s, Thomas Edison got into the doll business. Not long after inventing the phonograph, the prolific entrepreneur imagined a line of toys...
[ad_1] The Internet Archive scans magazines and puts them online. It’s amazing what you can find in a collection of vintage magazines. What it was: An Italian...
[ad_1] Belgian painter René Magritte forged a reputation for wit and whimsy, but none of his works captured the world’s imagination as intensely as Le Fils...
[ad_1] Over the course of his time in the public eye, Theodore Roosevelt gave a number of moving, influential, highly quotable public addresses—but none of them...
[ad_1] You already know Pablo Picasso’s 1937 painting Guernica is among his most revered works, but do you know how and why he created the anti-war...
[ad_1] With big branch-like gills, lizard-like limbs, and a cute perma-smile, it’s hard not to fall in love with the axolotl. Also known as Mexican walking fish...
[ad_1] You’re on a plane. You’re bored. You stare out the window at the clouds. You wonder what would happen if you couldn’t resist the urge...
[ad_1] “I’ll see you again in 25 years,” Laura Palmer tells Agent Dale Cooper in the last episode of David Lynch’s surreal series. While that may...