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The World’s Greatest Song That Simply Shouldn’t Exist: The Making of The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life”

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Where Did the Monk’s Haircut Come From? A Look at the Rich and Contentious History of the Tonsure

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The Radical, Unclassifiable Art of William Blake

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A Walk Through Homer’s Odyssey: A Guide to the Epic Before Seeing Christopher Nolan’s Film

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The Origins of the Monsters in Homer’s Odyssey: The Cyclops, Sirens, Scylla & More

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Hear Hours of Lectures by Michel Foucault: Recorded in English & French Between 1961 and 1983

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Explore 1,300+ Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century, Now Restored and Available Online

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11,700 Free Photos from John Margolies’ Archive of Americana Architecture: Download, Use & Re-Mix

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How Anti-Chinese Immigration Laws Unexpectedly Led to a Chinese Restaurant Boom in America

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How Russian Artists Imagined in 1914 What Moscow Would Look Like in 2259

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Tatlin’s Tower, One of the Most Ambitious Buildings That Was Never Built

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How Cinemas Taught Early Movie-Goers the Rules & Etiquette for Watching Films (1912): No Whistling, Standing or Wearing Big Hats

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The Bayeux Tapestry Explained: Watch an Animated Retelling of the Norman Conquest

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Watch the First Spectacular Film Adaptation of the Odyssey (1911)

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Albert Einstein Imposes on His First Wife a Cruel List of Marital Demands

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How an Edward Hopper Painting Inspired Norman Bates’ Iconic House in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho

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A 3,000-Year-Old Painter’s Palette from Ancient Egypt, with Traces of the Original Colors Still In It

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How Nashville Became Home to a Full-Scale Replica of the Parthenon

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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Albert Camus’ Touching Thank You Letter to His Elementary School Teacher

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Alfred Hitchcock Wanted Frank Lloyd Wright to Design the North by Northwest House: An Architect Just Built It for $45 Million

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