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  • Fri May 30

A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years

12h
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Listen to Never-Before-Heard Works by Erik Satie, Performed 100 Years After His Death

15h
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Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years

3d
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Watch the Very First YouTube Video, a Defining Moment in Internet History

4d
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Hear Alan Watts’s 1960s Prediction That Automation Will Necessitate a Universal Basic Income

4d
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Why Bob Dylan’s Unreleased “Blind Willie McTell” Is Now Considered a Masterpiece

5d
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The Very First Coloring Book, The Little Folks’ Painting Book (Circa 1879)

5d
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How Scientists Recreated Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Pigment, “Egyptian Blue”

6d
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“The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink”: An Ad for London’s First Cafe Printed Circa 1652

6d
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How Art Conservators Restore Old Paintings & Revive Their Original Colors

1w
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The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)

1w
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When the Dutch Tried to Live in Concrete Spheres: An Introduction to the Bolwoningen in the Netherlands

1w
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Elementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976

1w
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Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

1w
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Hear the Letter of Gratitude That Albert Camus Wrote to His Teacher After Winning the Nobel Prize, as Read by Footballer Ian Wright

1w
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Watch Bob Dylan Play “Mr. Tambourine Man” in Color at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival

1w
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Tibetan Musical Notation Is Beautiful

1w
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A Grad Student Asks Carl Sagan If He Believes in God (1994)

1w
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A Free Yale Course on Medieval History: 700 Years in 22 Lectures

1w
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How Jackson Pollock Redefined Modern Art: An Introduction

2w
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The Soviet Union Creates a List of 38 Dangerous Rock Bands: Kiss, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Village People & More (1985)

2w
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The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony

2w
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An Architectural Tour of Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic Desert Home and Studio

2w
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Read the Original 32-Page Program for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)

2w
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Every Wes Anderson Movie, Explained by Wes Anderson

2w
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The History of the World in One Beautiful, 5‑Foot-Long Chart (1931)

2w
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Marie Curie Invented Mobile X‑Ray Units to Help Save Wounded Soldiers in World War I

2w
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How the BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen Became the Most Successful Product in History

2w
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The Dylatov Pass Incident: Has One of the Biggest Soviet Mysteries Been Solved?

3w
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Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation

3w
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An Introduction to George Orwell’s 1984 and How Power Manufactures Truth

3w
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Talking Heads Release the First Official Video for “Psycho Killer”: Watch It Online

3w
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When the State Department Used Dizzy Gillespie and Jazz to Fight the Cold War (1956)

3w
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William Faulkner Resigns From His Post Office Job With a Spectacular Letter (1924)

3w
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The 100 Greatest Paintings of All Time: From Botticelli and Bosch to Bacon and Basquiat

3w
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Leonard Bernstein: The Greatest 5 Minutes in Music Education

3w
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How John Lennon Wrote the Beatles’ Best Song, “A Day in the Life”

3w
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Albert Einstein’s Grades: A Fascinating Look at His Report Cards

3w
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Wim Wenders’ New Short Film Reminds Europe of the Lessons of World War II

1mo
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Pablo Picasso’s Childhood Paintings: Precocious Works Painted Between the Ages of 8 and 15

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Entries updated Jun 30, 2025 10:14:28 AM PDT

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