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Buckminster Fuller Creates an Animated Visualization of Human Population Growth from 1000 B.C.E. to 1965

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How Yasujirō Ozu Learned to Use Color in His Masterful Films: A New Every Frame a Painting Video Essay

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1,000 Years of Medieval European History in 20 Minutes

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Confidence: The Cartoon That Helped America Get Through the Great Depression (1933)

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Why Ancient Egyptian Honey Remains Edible After 3,000 Years

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When Francis Bacon Shocked the Art World: Viewers Were Horrified by His Paintings, But Couldn’t Look Away

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You Can Have Your Ashes Turned Into a Playable Vinyl Record, When Your Day Comes

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Chuck Jones’ The Dot and the Line Celebrates Geometry & Hard Work: An Oscar-Winning Animation (1965)

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How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With a Radical Recut, Cutting It From 3½ Hours to 93 Minutes

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Why Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel Made the Still-Shocking Un Chien Andalou (1929)

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The Simpsons Present Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” and Teachers Now Use It to Teach Kids the Joys of Literature

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The Productive Writing Routines of Haruki Murakami, Stephen King, and Virginia Woolf, Explained

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The Psychology Behind Why Some Homes Feel Good But Most Don’t: Interior Design Principles Explained

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Explosive Cats Imagined in a Strange, 16th Century Military Manual

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Harvard Professor Answers Burning Questions About Iranian History

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Discover the Copiale Cipher: The Mysterious 18th-Century Book That Took 260 Years to Decode

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When Brazil Built Its Capital on Modernist Principles: The Controversial Design of Brasília

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An Ancient Philosophical Song Reconstructed and Played for the First Time in 1,000 Years

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What Happens When a Globalized World Collapses: Archaeologist Eric Cline Explains How Bronze Age Civilizations Adapted, Survived or Vanished

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What Happens When a Globalized World Collapses: Archaeologist Eric Cline Explains How Bronze Age Civilizations Adapted, Survived or Vanished

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