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Ancient Brews
Archaeologists around the world have teamed up with brewers to take craft beers to the next level by recreating ancient recipes....
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- 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....
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- 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....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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- Oct 17, 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...
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- Oct 10, 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....
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- Oct 10, 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...
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- Sep 26, 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...
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- Sep 26, 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...
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- Sep 19, 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....
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- Sep 12, 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...
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- Aug 29, 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...
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- Aug 29, 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....
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- Aug 22, 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...
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- Aug 15, 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...
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- Aug 8, 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...
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- Jun 27, 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...