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What Made the Air Jordan a Slam-Dunk Design

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(via Smithsonian) The world is bonkers for sneakers. This pivotal 1996 concept for basketball superstar Michael Jordan is a big

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(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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(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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(via Smithsonian) Tudor polymath John Dee used the artifact in his attempts to communicate with angels and apparitions

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(via Listverse) Artistic genius can be a flighty thing. No sooner have you started on a project than another brilliant

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(via Smithsonian) The earthwork is the latest in land artist Stan Herd’s impressive, decades-spanning portfolio

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(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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(via Atlas Obscura) The Whitman Sampler Collection is pretty sweet.

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(via Atlas Obscura) For nearly 40 years, a rotating cast of artists has made costumes and props for GWAR—the band

(via Smithsonian) Found in a Moroccan cave, the prehistoric jewelry dates to between 142,000 and 150,000 years ago

(via Listverse) Statues immortalize important moments in history, represent a central belief or celebrate a major accomplishment. Statues have been

(via Smithsonian) New technical analysis dates Yale’s Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested