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Fleeting Wonders: Be A Crew Member On A Modern-Day Viking Ship

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Victorian Cookbooks Were Stuffed with Costumed Roosters and Sphinx Cakes

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Victorian Cookbooks Were Stuffed with Costumed Roosters and Sphinx Cakes

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A guard is illuminated by James Turrell's "The Light Inside" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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Terror Threats Force Museums To Rethink The Role Of Gallery Guards

Cara Giaimo
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December 18, 2015
The Poisonous Beauty Advice Columns of Victorian England

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The Poisonous Beauty Advice Columns of Victorian England

Natalie Zarrelli
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December 17, 2015
Some of the world of classroom wind instruments. From top to bottom: Yamaha soprano recorder, Swanson Tonette, Conn-Selmer Song Flute, Grover-Trophy Flutophone, Suzuki Precorder.

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Why Every Kid in America Learns to Play the Recorder

There's more to the instrument than "Mary Had A Little Lamb.”

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
December 17, 2015
Fleeting Wonders: A Siberian Cat is Running for Mayor

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Fleeting Wonders: A Siberian Cat is Running for Mayor

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 17, 2015
Freaks, Geeks, and Obliques: Nonconformist Gyms For People Who Hated Dodgeball

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Freaks, Geeks, and Obliques: Nonconformist Gyms For People Who Hated Dodgeball

Jess Zimmerman
Atlas Obscura
December 17, 2015
100 Wonders: Battleship Island

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100 Wonders: Battleship Island

Dylan Thuras
Atlas Obscura
December 17, 2015
FOUND: A Glimpse of a Supernova, Arriving Right on Schedule

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FOUND: A Glimpse of a Supernova, Arriving Right on Schedule

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 17, 2015
The Dr. Scholer archives were given to the NYPL by his wife

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Inside a Manhattan Coroner’s Grisly, Salacious Case Files

At the turn of the last century, New Yorkers found myriad unusual ways to meet a premature demise.

Luke Spencer
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December 17, 2015
Mistletoe Is a Parasitic, Explosive Plant That Maybe You Shouldn't Stand Underneath

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Mistletoe Is a Parasitic, Explosive Plant That Maybe You Shouldn't Stand Underneath

Andy Wright
Atlas Obscura
December 17, 2015
Places You Can No Longer Go: Alderaan

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Places You Can No Longer Go: Alderaan

Lucas Adams
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December 17, 2015
The illustration of dream of a patient in Jungian analysis in the late 60s: a volcanic landscape by moonlight.

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How 1940s Prisoners of War Escaped Through Their Dreams

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Only A Fungus Can Prevent These Extreme Tumbleweed Situations

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 16, 2015
Does Mrs. Claus Have a Life of Her Own?

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Does Mrs. Claus Have a Life of Her Own?

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
December 16, 2015
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Fleeting Wonders: A 'Star Wars' Church Service in Berlin

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 16, 2015
How The World Looked When Jesus Was Born, According to Roman Geographers

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How The World Looked When Jesus Was Born, According to Roman Geographers

It was a far different world when these maps were made.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 16, 2015
FOUND: A Giant Salamander the Size of a Child

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FOUND: A Giant Salamander the Size of a Child

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 16, 2015
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