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New Salem Witch Trials exhibit re-examines the meaning of “witch”
The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming is a new exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts that aims to re-examine and re-contextualize the…
Statue of Robert E. Lee removed from Dallas park now on display at golf course
A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas removed from a public park is now on display at a golf…
Paul McCartney tells the story of writing Eleanor Rigby
From the Beatles 1966 album Revolver, “Eleanor Rigby” embodied a shift for the band from pop rock and rollers to a more mature group eager…
13 LGBTQ royals you didn’t learn about in history class
The Dutch monarchy made international news last week after announcing that royals can marry a same-sex partner without giving up their right to the throne….
Wreck of legendary naval cutter USS Bear found off coast of Boston
The Bear served in two world wars, carried out daring Arctic rescues and was the first government ship with a Black captain The wreck of…
Walk the Great Wall of China
As the largest man-made structure in the world, the Great Wall of China is one of the most iconic and popular heritage sites anywhere. Over…
New species of tardigrade discovered in ancient amber
When it comes to preserving ancient specimens like bugs and other small creatures, amber is one of the best methods. Amber completely encapsulates and protects…
New Triceratops Relative Found on Ted Turner’s Ranch in New Mexico
The reanalysis of a fossil found more than 20 years ago in New Mexico has resulted in the discovery of an entirely new species of…
‘JFK’ and ‘The Doors’ at 30: Why Oliver Stone’s portraits of the ’60s still resonate
In the late 1980s and early ‘90s, few American filmmakers were as restless as Oliver Stone. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/jfk-doors-30-oliver-stones-portraits-60s-still-resonate-rcna2514 Indie Brew found this story and shared…
US exceeds 700,000 dead of COVID-19
My condolences to everyone whose family has lost a loved one to COVID-19. Please get vaccinated if you are not already. NPR: The United States…
No Way Out: How the Opening of a Tunnel Blocked the Path to Peace in Jerusalem
Last May, rocks and rubber bullets flew as Palestinian protesters battled Israeli security forces in Jerusalem, leaving nearly 100 people hospitalized. The conflict quickly spread…
Scientists found geological evidence of the Biblical destruction of Sodom
In a new scientific paper published in Nature titled, “A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley…
Interactive map of native lands
Native Land is an explorable, interactive map that shows the lands once inhabited by native and indigenous peoples of the Earth, their language groups, and…
An entire museum of painstakingly reproduced “dwarf cars”
Ernie Adams of Maricopa, Arizona has built an incredible collection of shrunken cars. Need more? Ernie sources a lot of his parts from old refrigerators….
Covid-19 Has Killed as Many Americans as the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic has killed over 676,000 Americans, surpassing the estimated U.S. deaths from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. And despite rising vaccination rates, it…
Linux Turns 30: How A Hobby Project Conquered the World
On September 17, 1991, Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel (version 0.01) for the first time. Here’s a brief look at how a small hobby project…
Archaeologists discover ancient bone tools for leathermaking
Archaeologists have made an interesting discovery that sheds light on what types of clothing ancient humans wore. According to the researchers, between 90,000 and 120,000…
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish
Enlarge / A 1729 Stradivari known as the “Solomon, Ex-Lambert” on display at Christie’s in New York in March 2007. (credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images) Along…
Let’s open up this (brief history of the) mosh pit!
It’s “Punk Week” over at Consequence of Sound, so writer Paolo Ragusa composed a wonderful sociological look at the history of mosh pits, tracing the…
“Flying Dragon” pterosaur fossil discovered in the Atacama Desert
Scientists conducting research in the Chilean Atacama Desert have discovered an extremely interesting fossil described as a “Flying Dragon.” The fossilized remains are of a…
It’s been two decades since 9/11. America is not the same — and never will be.
“The United States is a far less confident and optimistic nation now than it was in September 2001,” historian Michael J. Allen said. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sept-11-united-america-twenty-years-later-nation-stands-divided-n1278600…
Summer 2021 Breaks Heat Record Set During the 1936 Dust Bowl
The record for hottest summer in the U.S. has stood since 1936, the worst of the Dust Bowl. But 2021 has eclipsed that 85-year-old mark…
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