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Discover Khipu, the Ancient Incan Record & Writing System Made Entirely of Knots
about 8 hours ago
Khipus, the portable information archives created by the Inca, may stir up...
The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
about 9 hours ago
“The three volumes of Green’s Dictionary of Slang demonstrate the sheer scope...
The Rohonc Codex: Hungary’s Mysterious Manuscript That No One Can Read
1 day ago
Image by Klaus Schmeh, via Wikimedia Commons Magyar, which is spoken and...
Cats in Medieval Manuscripts & Paintings
1 day ago
Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) never saw a rhino himself, but by...
How the Beatles Wrote Their Songs: From Early Demos to Final Recordings
2 days ago
More than a few of us can claim, with some confidence, to...
The First American Cookbook: Sample Recipes from American Cookery (1796)
2 days ago
Image via Wikimedia Commons On the off chance Lin-Manuel Miranda is casting...
The Samurai Who Became A Roman Citizen
3 days ago
Last year, we featured here on Open Culture the story of how...
The Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: “This Machine Kills Fascists” and “This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender”
3 days ago
Photo by Al Aumuller, via Wikimedia Commons Like another famous Okie from...
David Lynch Remembers Attending the Beatles’ First American Concert in 1964
4 days ago
Though his movies may have benefited greatly from foreign audiences and backers,...
Bruce Springsteen Won’t Back Down: Performs “Streets of Minneapolis” Live in Minneapolis
4 days ago
When the history books are written, we’ll remember the politicians, law firms,...
Scott Galloway Unveils “Resist and Unsubscribe,” an Action Plan for Consumers to Push Back Against Government Overreach
5 days ago
As mentioned here last week, Scott Galloway argued that Americans have one...
How the Incas Performed Skull Surgery More Successfully Than U.S. Civil War Doctors
7 days ago
Granted access to a time machine, few of us would presumably opt...