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    Ancient Brews
    The New Feed
    • Jan 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Ancient Brews

    Archaeologists around the world have teamed up with brewers to take craft beers to the next level by recreating ancient recipes....
    O' Christmas Tree
    The New Feed
    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    O' Christmas Tree

    No Christmas tree is complete without a set of twinkling lights. An estimated 150 million light sets are sold each year, and in the U.S....
    Kailasa Temple
    The New Feed
    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Kailasa Temple

    If you’ve ever visited the ruins of an ancient city or monument, it’s hard to not stand in awe of our ancestors’ architectural abilities....
    The Smells of Europe
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    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Smells of Europe

    If you’ve ever been curious about what the streets of 16th century Europe smelled like, wonder no more. A new project aiming to catalog...
    Cretaceous Giants
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    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cretaceous Giants

    The T-Rex may be the darling of Hollywood, but there are two other dinosaurs that reign supreme when it comes to being the largest...
    Medieval Penis Investigators
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    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Medieval Penis Investigators

    The year is 1370. Location: England (of course). At the time, women could only file for a divorce under very special circumstances,...
    The Dalai Lama
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    • Nov 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Dalai Lama

    We’re all familiar with the Dalai Lama - but have you ever been curious about who he is, how he was chosen and what the role of the Dalai...
    Danced to Death
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    • Oct 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Danced to Death

    During the middle ages, a vicious plague swept through Europe, but this time, rats weren’t to blame. Instead, a mysterious illness was...
    Anesthesiology: Unknown
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    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Anesthesiology: Unknown

    In the 1200s, Italian doctor Theodoric of Lucca reportedly used sponges dipped in opium and mandragora to soften the blow of surgery....
    The Ghost Army
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    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Ghost Army

    Some pretty bonkers sh*t went down in WWII and we’re not just talking about The Night Witches. It's no secret that during the war both...
    Abbas ibn Firnas
    The New Feed
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Abbas ibn Firnas

    You’ve probably heard of the Wright brothers - they conducted the first “heavier than air, powered controlled flight”, and are often...
    Tongan Castaways
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    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Tongan Castaways

    Location: Tonga, 1965. The scene: six teenage boys - bored with school and looking for an adventure - steal a boat and shove off into the...
    Happy birthday, NFL!
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    • Sep 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Happy birthday, NFL!

    The NFL turns 100 this month and to celebrate we’re going to explore the origins of America’s favorite pastime... wait, that’s baseball....
    Got Milk?
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    • Sep 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Got Milk?

    Humans are the only mammals on the planet that consume milk from other species. But why? Lucky for you, we took an udder-ly close look at...
    Skeleton Lake
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    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Skeleton Lake

    In 1942, a local forest ranger named Hari Kishan Madhwal was hiking through the Himalayas when he stumbled upon a frozen lake. As he got...
    Wine Windows
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    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Wine Windows

    There are some things Italy just does better... delicious food, scenic piazzas, painted chapel ceilings and wine windows to name a few....
    Woolly...Rhinos?
    The New Feed
    • Aug 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Woolly...Rhinos?

    You’ve likely heard of the woolly mammoth, but did you know that there was also a woolly rhinoceros that graced our planet? The woolly...
    Hypatia
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    • Aug 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Hypatia

    Hypatia was considered one of the greatest philosophers and academics in ancient Alexandria, but you’ve likely never heard of her. An OG...
    The F*cking Fork
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    • Aug 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    The F*cking Fork

    The common table fork got off to a rocky start. It wasn’t always the beloved utensil that many parts of the world use today. As timeless...
    The Mètre Etalon
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    • Jun 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Mètre Etalon

    Etched into marble, on the side of the Ministry of Justice building in Paris, lies the mètre étalon - one of the first metre sticks ever...
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