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Teaser trailer for You Can See Everything from Nathan...
Teaser trailer for You Can See Everything from Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim. “Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film...
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The Nazi Car That Conquered the World
The Volkswagen Beetle helped symbolize Germany’s postwar rebirth, despite its origins in Hitler’s vision of a “people’s car.” The post The Nazi Car That Conquered the World appeared first on...
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Four Seasons
Flemish engraver Aegidius Sadeler II based these prints on designs by Pieter Stevens II. Spring: Summer: Autumn: Winter: One year is sufficient to behold all the magnificence of nature, nay,...
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Fare Division
There are four states in which matter can exist: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Similarly, in an April Fools’ Day paper in 2022, Harvard’s Madelyn Leembruggen and Caroline Martin proposed...
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Who Knew Illinois Had This Many Spooky Places?
Illinois is known for its haunted houses and Halloween extravaganzas: the kinds of places that draw lines out the door and attract visitors from all over the country. But beyond...
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A Blow to Tourism
Anglican priest Samuel Peters opposed American independence and was forced to flee the colonies as the revolution approached. From London he exacted a sort of revenge by publishing a list...
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Harry Potter again again
I watched the trailer for the new Harry Potter TV series on HBO. My overwhelming feeling is that it is so absurdly redundant to make this. Not even reimagined but...
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The Chinese-Only Schools of the Jim Crow South
A 1920s court battle over a Chinese American student exposed the complicated racial boundaries of school segregation. The post The Chinese-Only Schools of the Jim Crow South appeared first on...
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If You’re Reading This, You’re The Best!
Hi! Monday is Labor Day so I’ll not be sharing a Now I Know that day — I’ll be back Tuesday with something new. This week and the one prior...
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Bad Stanzas
From William Wordsworth, “Goody Blake and Harry Gill”: Of waistcoats Harry has no lack, Good duffle grey, and flannel fine; He has a blanket on his back, And coats enough...
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Durham Town Hall in Durham, England
The Town Hall has been central to Durham's history since 1350 and has opened its doors to the public following refurbishment work. Now everyone can discover its rich history and hidden stories....
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Dinner for One
In humans, each eye has a small blind spot corresponding to the point where the optic nerve leaves the retina. Normally this isn’t noticeable because the brain can fill in...
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Liverpool’s First Enclosed Dock in Liverpool, England
In a subterranean chamber under the massive Liverpool ONE shopping centre is the infrastructure that turned Liverpool from a lacklustre port city into a global powerhouse of shipping. While the...
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Autumnal Open Thread
My move is coming down to the wire (omg so many things to juggle!), kids are heading back to school, I’m going to be traveling, and it’s a holiday weekend...
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Palm Temple in Bristol, England
Bristol has no shortage of churches, but one of its strangest temples is devoted to nature. Outside the University of Bristol’s School of Chemistry, artist Luke Jerram’s Palm Temple resembles...
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The Prince of the Lilies Fresco in Heraklion, Greece
The Prince of the Lilies is one of the signature images of Minoan Crete, reproduced on postcards, book covers, and museum posters worldwide: a slender, muscular figure wearing a crown...
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Why Is Raja Ravi Varma’s Art So Valuable Today?
A record-breaking auction spotlights the artist who transformed Hindu imagery and helped shape modern Indian visual culture. The post Why Is Raja Ravi Varma’s Art So Valuable Today? appeared first...
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How Hippos Swim
Pictured above is a hippopotamus, standing in water like hippos often do. They’re mammals, not fish, of course, but are still considered semi-aquatic animals because they regularly live both in...
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Writer, journalist, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem...
Writer, journalist, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem has died. She was 92.
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Synopsis
Mazes are designed to be tortuous, so even a published solution can be hard to follow. A “straight-line diagram” dispenses with the windings and converts the essential puzzle in a...
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David Sassoon Clock Tower in Mumbai, India
In Mumbai’s Byculla area is located Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, the city’s oldest public garden and zoo. It was formerly known as Victoria Gardens. At the garden’s entrance is a...
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Diplomacy
“Ethel administers necessary discipline to Archie and Quentin.” Theodore Roosevelt drew this picture of three of his children on White House stationery in 1904. Ethel would have been 12, Archie...
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The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski in Le Mans, France
Rue Jankowski is a dead end in Le Mans' Saint-Nicolas district, the kind of narrow passage you'd normally walk past without a second look. Then you turn the corner and...
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Art Exhibits at OAX Airport in San Juan Bautista la Raya, Mexico
The state of Oaxaca in Mexico's south is often considered one of the country's main artistic hubs. Its diversity in nature and indigenous cultures has created an atmosphere of inspiration...
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Papier-Mâché Altarpiece at Plaza Capuchinas in Mexico City, Mexico
Cartonería is one of the main forms of artes populares (folk art), also known as artesanías (handcrafts), to come out of Mexico City and its metropolitan area. The terms refers...
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Antimonumentas and Antimonumentos in Mexico City, Mexico
Considering that Mexican cities have been ranked among the ones with highest homicide rates, a large number of massacres committed by organized crime groups as well as human rights violations...
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Ahuehuete del Centenario in Monterrey, Mexico
On 20 September 1596, Spanish colonist Don Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Nuestra Señora (Our Lady) of Monterrey, in honor of Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Viceroy of...
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Parque Ciudad de las Canteras (Quarry City Park) in Oaxaca, Mexico
The nickname "Green Antequera" for the Mexican city of Oaxaca de Juárez might seem strange at first: is it related to the vegetation of the valley it sits in and...
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A Brief History of Women’s Underwear
The University of Wyoming’s Historic Clothing Collection offers a revealing look beneath the fashions of the past. The post A Brief History of Women’s Underwear appeared first on JSTOR Daily.
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Flight From Moscow
Russian chess master Alexander Petrov composed this puzzle to commemorate Napoleon’s defeat in 1812: Currently the emperor stands in Moscow, on h7. The goal is to chase him all the...
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Trump Is in Open Revolt Against the Constitution
Jamelle Bouie: The details of what is happening here are important — that’s why I laid them out — but it’s also important to step back and make a more...
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Gina Trapani: The joy of making stuff with a 3D printer...
Gina Trapani: The joy of making stuff with a 3D printer. I’ve always been a little 3D printer-curious and this looks like a good resource to start with.
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2 Odysseus 2 Ithaca: Emily Wilson is completely...
2 Odysseus 2 Ithaca: Emily Wilson is completely retranslating The Odyssey. “It’s a complete retranslation. It’s not a revision of the old version.” This is the exact opposite of resting...
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Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court...
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail. “The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
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Small World
Reddit user xilefakamot created this in 2020 — a “topologist’s map of the world.” It depicts international borders and nothing else — the shapes, sizes, and distances between countries are...
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How Blackwing Pencils Are Made
The thing about me is if I see a making-of video for pencils, I’m gonna stop and watch it and then post it to my website, especially if said pencils...
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Industry Standard Tools . “Every trade has a small...
Industry Standard Tools. “Every trade has a small number of items so entrenched that they’ve become the de facto tool that nearly everyone in that trade uses.”
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This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On...
This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On the Sperm Racing World Cup. “The cells then race through courses less than a half-centimeter long that...
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Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another*...
Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another* ~15% next year. We can’t continue like this (but I feel like this has been the case for the last ~10 years and...
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Here’s how noise-cancelling headphones work (and when...
Here’s how noise-cancelling headphones work (and when they don’t). “This is why ANC is better suited for reducing low, sustained sounds like those of motors and airplane engines, and it’s...
Laatst opgehaald 8 september 2026, 08:19.