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The Simple, Ingenious Design of the Ancient Roman Javelin: How the Romans Engineered a Remarkably Effective Weapon
about 18 hours ago
As Mike Tyson once put it, with characteristic straightforwardness, “Everybody has a...
Tom Jones Performs “Long Time Gone” with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young–and Blows the Band & Audience Away (1969)
about 19 hours ago
Welsh crooner Tom Jones made an unlikely comeback in the late 80s,...
The Greatest Art Heist in History: How the Mona Lisa Was Stolen from the Louvre (1911)
1 day ago
If you happen to go to the Louvre to have a look...
When Queen’s Freddie Mercury Performed with Opera Superstar Montserrat Caballé in 1988: A Meeting of Two Powerful Voices
2 days ago
Combining pop music with opera was always the height of pretension. But...
A Meditative Tour of Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Masterpiece
5 days ago
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is a “house museum,” first designed as a...
Miles Davis’ Album On the Corner Tried to Woo Young Rock & Funk Fans: First Considered a Disaster, It’s Now Hailed as a Masterpiece
6 days ago
Miles Davis didn’t put out any studio albums from 1973 until the...
Hōshi: A Short Documentary on the 1300-Year-Old Hotel Run by the Same Japanese Family for 46 Generations
6 days ago
Hōshi, a traditional Japanese inn in Komatsu, Japan, holds the distinction of...
The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena
7 days ago
Most tourists in Rome put the Colosseum at the top of their...
The 1924 Soviet Chess Match Where The Chess Pieces Were Real Soldiers and Horses
7 days ago
Let’s time travel back to Leningrad (aka St. Petersburg) in 1924. That’s...
How Zaha Hadid Revolutionized Architecture & Drew Inspiration from Russian Avant-Garde Art
8 days ago
Zaha Hadid died in 2016, at the age of 65. She certainly...
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi–Walt Disney’s 1943 Film Shows How Fascists Are Made
8 days ago
During World War II, Walt Disney entered into a contract with the...
The Extreme Life and Philosophy of Hunter S. Thompson: Gonzo Journalism and the American Condition
9 days ago
Hunter S. Thompson has been gone for two decades now. When he...