Harvard’s 1869 Entrance Exam: Could You Answer Tough Questions About Latin, Greek, Ancient History, Plane Geometry & More
The Strange History of Lorem Ipsum: How Cicero’s Words Became the World’s Favorite Placeholder Text
Though seldom heard these days, the term 'desktop publishing' once opened a great many eyes to the promise of the personal computer. It meant that one could create a publication without owning a press...
In 2025, Harvard once again began asking applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score. This was a reversal of the no-test-necessary policy that it and quite a few other American colleges and universities ...
In 1999, Volkswagen aired a television commercial for the Golf Mk3 Cabrio. Dealerships were soon inundated with calls, as popular culture history remembers it, but not from people inquiring about the ...
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Austin Weber traveled to Kyoto and sang ABBA's 'Mamma Mia' in a big cold river. What made the resulting video so strangely compelling?
Coverage of the refugee crisis peaked in 2015. By the end of the year, note researchers at the University of Bergen, “this was one of the hottest topics, not only for politicians, but for participants...
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Coverage of the refugee crisis peaked in 2015. By the end of the year, note researchers at the University of Bergen, “this was one of the hottest topics, not only for politicians, but for participants...
If you grew up in the last few generations, chances are you didn't get much of an education, if any, in Latin or ancient Greek.
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Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal 'the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.' That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn't at all obvio...
The “Amen Break”: The Most Famous 6‑Second Drum Loop & How It Spawned a Sampling Revolution
So much of what enters the popular lexicon depends upon small happy accidents: chance encounters, misreadings, gaffes, extemporaneous bursts of inspiration. Artists attuned to the strange in the munda...
