What Made the Air Jordan a Slam-Dunk Design
(via Smithsonian) The world is bonkers for sneakers. This pivotal 1996 concept for basketball superstar Michael Jordan is a big
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10 Screen Greats Never Voted Oscar’s “Best”
(via Listverse) And the Oscar goes to…somebody else. What could be a better demonstration of acting chops than to smile
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Rare 18th-Century Drawing by Rococo Artist Tiepolo Discovered in English Estate’s Attic
(via Smithsonian) “Wrapped in bubble wrap” and forgotten, the artwork had collected dust in one of Weston Hall’s nine attics
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Obsidian ‘Spirit Mirror’ Used by Elizabeth I’s Court Astrologer Has Aztec Origins
(via Smithsonian) Tudor polymath John Dee used the artifact in his attempts to communicate with angels and apparitions
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10 Amazing Unfinished Sculptures
(via Listverse) Artistic genius can be a flighty thing. No sooner have you started on a project than another brilliant
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A Monumental Portrait of NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Crops Up in Atlanta
(via Smithsonian) The earthwork is the latest in land artist Stan Herd’s impressive, decades-spanning portfolio
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10 Beloved Stories Based On Horrible True Events
(via Listverse)The stories we love best have an uncanny way of sinking into our hearts and staying with us forevermore.
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Why a Museum Owns a Chocolate Company’s Embroidery Collection
(via Atlas Obscura) The Whitman Sampler Collection is pretty sweet.
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The Artist Collective That Brings Heavy Metal Fever Dreams to Life
(via Atlas Obscura) For nearly 40 years, a rotating cast of artists has made costumes and props for GWAR—the band
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Are These Snail Shells the World’s Oldest Known Beads?
(via Smithsonian) Found in a Moroccan cave, the prehistoric jewelry dates to between 142,000 and 150,000 years ago
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10 Intriguing Stories Surrounding The World’s Tallest Statues
(via Listverse) Statues immortalize important moments in history, represent a central belief or celebrate a major accomplishment. Statues have been
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Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery
(via Smithsonian) New technical analysis dates Yale’s Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested
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