The Dancing Marquess
Most people haven’t heard of Henry Cyril Paget, which is hardly surprising; his descendants did all they could to scrub him from history....
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Photoshop Used In Mysterious Ways
A bit more than a 10 year challenge, these images are strangely intriguing. I've no idea why though.
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The Brilliant Story Of The Man Who Stole The Crown Jewels And NEARLY Got Away With It...
447 years ago a small group of men actually stole the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London and came within a few feet of...
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Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders, And Then European Christians Showed Up.
It wasn’t until Europeans took over North America that Natives adopted gender roles. There was no real “normal” in their tribes. And...
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The Piece Of Art That Is The 1937 Delahaye
Ettore Bugatti is said to have encouraged Delahaye to enter the luxury car field, advice he may have rued. The Parisian automaker ...
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Get Back: The Beatles rocked the rooftop 50 years ago
On a cold, gusty, grey afternoon half a century ago, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr climbed the five...
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Posthumous Execution; Because Just Being Dead Isn't Enough
Oliver Cromwell, the 1st ruler of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was born in Huntington, Cambridge on April 25,...
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Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison’: An Oral History
Five decades after Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison album was recorded, it remains as mythical as ever. The concert and its star bore into...
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'Who’s She' Guessing Game Celebrates Accomplished Women Throughout History
Remember the classic guess who? game that originated from the 1970s? Well, Polish designer Zuzia Kozerska has created a far more ...
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The Magnificent 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe From The Ralph Lauren Collection
Designer Ralph Lauren is the proud owner of one of the world’s most handsome, interesting and fine specimens of car – the 1938 Bugatti...
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How the Inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Nobel, became “The Merchant of Death”
No one can ever fully predict the consequences of their actions. Still, some warning bells should be hard to ignore. Take Alfred Nobel,...
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Why Is English So Hard to Learn?: “The Chaos,” Documents 800 Irregularities in English
In 1920, Dutch writer and traveler Gerard Nolst Trenité, also known as Charivarius, published a textbook called Drop Your Foreign Accent:...
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An Animated History of Versailles: 6 Minutes of Animation Show the Construction of the Grand Palace
Few tourists making their first trip to France go home without having seen Versailles. But why do so many want to see Versailles in the...
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A Few Things You Maybe Didn't Know About Coco Chanel
Tweed jackets, the little black dress, menswear as womenswear: Coco Chanel is responsible for many of the innovations that still dictate...
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Henry Morton Stanley And His Travels In The Congo.
Is willpower a mood that comes and goes? A temperament you’re born with (or not)? A skill you learn? In Willpower: Rediscovering the...
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An Animated History of Cheese: 10,000 Years in Under Six Minutes
We can now eat cheese nearly anywhere in the world, and most world cuisines seem to have found — to varying degrees of success — ways of...
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A Virtual Tour of Every Place Referenced in The Beatles’ Lyrics
Ach, the wonders and the blunders of the Internet. The wonder: Vanity Fair--lovely magazine, a bit too many stories about the royals and...
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How Nirvana's Well Known Song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Came To Be
Deemed the most "iconic song of all time," scientifically-speaking, by researchers at the University of London, Nirvana's "Smells Like...
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Visualising the Bass Playing Style of Motown’s Iconic Bassist James Jamerson
As part of Motown’s Funk Brothers house band, James Jamerson was the bubbling bass player behind hundreds of hit records from Stevie...
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The Man Who Saved Elton John's Life
When, in 1975, Elton John sang plaintively that “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” that someone was blues singer Long John Baldry, who...
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