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Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years

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Watch the Very First YouTube Video, “Me at the Zoo,” Now 20 Years Old

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Hear Alan Watts’s 1960s Prediction That Automation Will Necessitate a Universal Basic Income

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Why Bob Dylan’s Unreleased “Blind Willie McTell” Is Now Considered a Masterpiece

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The Very First Coloring Book, The Little Folks’ Painting Book (Circa 1879)

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How Scientists Recreated Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Pigment, “Egyptian Blue”

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“The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink”: An Ad for London’s First Cafe Printed Circa 1652

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How Art Conservators Restore Old Paintings & Revive Their Original Colors

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The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)

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When the Dutch Tried to Live in Concrete Spheres: An Introduction to the Bolwoningen in the Netherlands

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Elementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976

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Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

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Hear the Letter of Gratitude That Albert Camus Wrote to His Teacher After Winning the Nobel Prize, as Read by Footballer Ian Wright

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Watch Bob Dylan Play “Mr. Tambourine Man” in Color at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival

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Tibetan Musical Notation Is Beautiful

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A Grad Student Asks Carl Sagan If He Believes in God (1994)

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A Free Yale Course on Medieval History: 700 Years in 22 Lectures

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How Jackson Pollock Redefined Modern Art: An Introduction

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The Soviet Union Creates a List of 38 Dangerous Rock Bands: Kiss, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Village People & More (1985)

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The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony

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