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

about 19 hours ago

Though seldom heard these days, the term “desktop publishing” once opened a...

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

about 20 hours ago

Coverage of the refugee crisis peaked in 2015. By the end of...

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

1 day ago

A great many, and perhaps the majority of Americans now between their...

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

2 days ago

In 1999, Volkswagen aired a television commercial for the Golf Mk3 Cabrio....

What Happens When the Author Directs the Movie: How Robert Rodriguez Recruited Frank Miller to Co-Direct Sin City

5 days ago

In the nineteen-nineties, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez first collaborated on a...

Hear the First Book of Homer’s Iliad Read Aloud in the Original Greek

6 days ago

You can, of course, learn the Greek language as it’s spoken today....

How Conflict Helped Create Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” and Its Legendary Guitar Solos

7 days ago

Even among the most acclaimed albums ever recorded, not a single one...

Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago

7 days ago

“What has been my prettiest contribution to the culture?” asked Kurt Vonnegut...

An Introduction to the Islamic World: 1,000 Years of History in 19 Minutes

8 days ago

References to Islam in major media can make it sound monolithic and...

The First Live Performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)

8 days ago

It’s almost 35 years ago now that Nirvana’s video for “Smells Like...

The Largest Bookshelf Tour Ever Filmed: Inside a Classicist’s 20,000-Volume Library

9 days ago

If you grew up in the last few generations, chances are you...

Hip 1960s Latin Teacher Translated Beatles Songs into Latin for His Students: Read Lyrics for “O Teneum Manum,” “Diei Duri Nox” & More

9 days ago

I’ve interacted with many entertaining language-learning resources in various classes—from miniseries in...