Arts & Culture
Shockingly Dangerous Toys Your Grandparents Played With
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Arts & CultureArticle16The Most Expensive Object Ever Stolen
Theft has long been a part of the human experience. Examples of its prevalence can even be found in ancient mythology: Prometheus stole fire from the gods; Odysseus and Diomedes…
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Arts & CultureFact3There was a ‘wheelbarrow craze’ in the 19th century.
The first thing you need to know in order to understand Victorian England’s “wheelbarrow craze” is that pedestrianism, or competitive walking, was all the rage in the U.S. and U.K.…
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Arts & CultureArticle33What Was the First Museum?
The roots of museums reach back thousands of years. From Mesopotamian princesses to Renaissance aristocrats, humans have long been drawn to collect, preserve, and display the material traces of their…
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Arts & CultureArticle1207 Home Features That No Longer Exist
“They don’t make them like they used to.” You’ve likely heard this common refrain or even said it yourself before. Maybe it was a grumble about modern disposability, but perhaps…






