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When a Salvador Dalí Sketch Was Stolen from Rikers Island Prison (2003)
about 4 hours ago
In 2003, a Salvador Dalí drawing was stolen from Rikers Island, one...
How Thieves Stole Priceless Jewels at the Louvre in 8 Minutes
about 6 hours ago
On Sunday morning, some audacious thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre...
The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time, According to 750,000 Readers in the UK (2003)
about 22 hours ago
In the eighteenth century, the readers of Europe went mad for epistolary...
The First Electric Guitar: Behold the 1931 “Frying Pan”
1 day ago
The names Leo Fender and Les Paul will be forever associated with...
The Surprising Power of Boredom: It Lets You Confront Big Questions & Give Life Meaning
4 days ago
The twenty-first century so far may seem light on major technological breakthroughs,...
The Genius Engineering of Roman Aqueducts
5 days ago
We tend to think of the Roman Empire as having fallen around...
The Night When Bob Dylan Went Electric: Watch Him Play “Maggie’s Farm” at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965
5 days ago
The phrase “when Dylan went electric” once carried as much weight in...
78 Great Directors Who Shaped the History of Cinema: An Introduction
6 days ago
When first we take an interest in movies, we must figure out...
Why Real Biblical Angels Are Creepy, Beastly, and Hardly Angelic
6 days ago
Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe in angels, at least according to...
Hear What the Language Spoken by Our Ancestors 6,000 Years Ago Might Have Sounded Like
7 days ago
As scholars of ancient texts well know, the reconstruction of lost sources...
Marc Maron Wraps Up the WTF Podcast: Watch His Final Interview with Barack Obama
7 days ago
Back in 2015, President Obama joined Marc Maron on the WTF podcast,...
The 1976 Synth Album That Promised to Help Your Plants Grow: Discover Mother Earth’s Plantasia
8 days ago
In 1973, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird’s The Secret Life of Plants...