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The Genius of Airplane!: How to Make a Comedy by Playing Everything Completely Straight

about 5 hours ago

Not every 46-year-old comedy still gets laughs, but Airplane! seems only to...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam Has Digitized 840,000 Works of Art, Including Great Works by Rembrandt and Vermeer

about 6 hours ago

Art may seem inessential to those who make the big decisions in...

Discover the Ancient Roman Shorthand Writing System with 4,000 Symbols Commissioned by Cicero

3 days ago

You can still type a symbol originally invented for Cicero nearly 21...

When the US Mail Was Delivered Underground at 35 MPH Through a Network of Pneumatic Tubes (1893–1953)

4 days ago

Twenty years ago, United States senator Ted Stevens drew long-lasting online ridicule...

The Most Controversial Ancient Philosophy: Epicureanism

5 days ago

Over the years, you’ve probably heard at least a few people casually...

Watch Stewart Brand’s 6‑Part Series How Buildings Learn, With Music by Brian Eno

5 days ago

Stewart Brand came onto the cultural scene during the 1960s, helping to...

How the Beatles Made their Most Acclaimed Album, Revolver, Released 60 Years Ago This Month

6 days ago

Among Beatles connoisseurs, it’s fair game to claim anything from Rubber Soul...

226 Ansel Adams Photographs of Great American National Parks Are Now Online

6 days ago

Like many American stories, the story of the National Parks begins with...

How the Bird Sound Effects in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Were Created with a Pioneering Electronic Instrument, the Trautonium

7 days ago

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...

Watch a Band Perform the Sound Effects from Pink Floyd’s “Money,” Using a Money Counter, Torn Sheets of Paper & More

7 days ago

When Pink Floyd recorded “Money” in 1972, Roger Waters spliced into the...

The History of Glam Rock and How It Put an End to the Hippie Era

10 days ago

Cast your mind back to the distant year 2021 and recall, if...