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A Brief History of Soccer and the World Cup

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The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern

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Before Bill Nye, There Was Julius Sumner Miller: Watch Complete Episodes of His Classic Science Show, Why Is It So?, Free Online (1962–73)

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Meet Héloïse, the Medieval Woman Philosopher Who Turned a Doomed Love Affair into a Meditation on Ethics

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The Map of Physics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Physics Fit Together

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Every Stanley Kubrick Film Ranked from Worst to Best

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Time Travel Back to 1926 and Watch Wassily Kandinsky Make Art in Some Rare Vintage Video

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The Bible’s Deleted Scenes: A Guide to the Strange Biblical Stories Known as the Apocrypha

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Clare Torry’s Rare Live Performances of “Great Gig in the Sky” with Pink Floyd

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David Hockney, RIP: See the Evolution of His Pop-Art Swimming-Pool Masterpiece A Bigger Splash (1967)

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The Splendid Book Design of the 1946 Edition of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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When Roald Dahl Wrote a Story Predicting the Rise of ChatGPT and Other AI Large Language Models (1954)

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How the Hagia Sophia Was Built, and How It’s Being Saved from Collapse

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David Bowie Picks His 12 Favorite David Bowie Songs

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Harvard’s 1869 Entrance Exam: Could You Answer Tough Questions About Latin, Greek, Ancient History, Plane Geometry & More

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How William S. Burroughs Used the Cut-Up Technique to Shut Down London’s First Espresso Bar (1972)

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The Strange History of Lorem Ipsum: How Cicero’s Words Became the World’s Favorite Placeholder Text

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How Humans Migrated Across The Globe Over 200,000 Years: An Animated Look

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The Official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube Channel Goes Live: Watch Complete Episodes, Including the Very First

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How Nick Drake’s “River Man” Has Captivated Generation after Generation of Listeners

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