In the rolling woodlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house that seemed to grow out of the very landscape. Completed in 1937 for the Kaufmann […]
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Vitrification: The Science of Turning Matter Into Glass
Vitrification is the process of turning a substance into a glass-like solid without the formation of crystals. The word comes from the Latin vitrum, meaning glass, and it […]
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Neil Cicierega: The Internet’s Surrealist Pioneer
Neil Cicierega was born in Massachusetts in 1986. From an early age, he gravitated toward art, music, and storytelling, often combining humor with surreal elements. As a teenager, […]
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The History of LEGO: From Wooden Toys to Global Icon
The story of LEGO begins in the small town of Billund, Denmark. In 1932, Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter struggling through the Great Depression, turned to making wooden […]
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Robert Johnson: The Bluesman Who Made a Deal with the Devil
Few names in American music carry as much mystery as Robert Johnson. Born in 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Johnson would go on to change the course of popular […]
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Looking Backward: 2000–1887 and the Birth of a Movement
In 1888, Edward Bellamy, a relatively unknown journalist and novelist from Massachusetts, published Looking Backward: 2000–1887. At first glance, it seemed like just another work of speculative fiction. […]
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The 55-Day Country: How “Rose Island” Briefly Became a Micronation
In the 1968, Italian engineer Giorgio Rosa built a 400-square-meter platform on nine steel pylons in the Adriatic Sea, just beyond Italy’s territorial waters off Rimini. On 1 […]
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Antonio Cicero: Bridging Poetry and Philosophy in Brazilian Culture
Antonio Cicero is a remarkable figure in Brazilian intellectual and cultural life, known for his deep engagement with both the written word and the philosophical realm. As a […]
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The Day the Clowns Cried: The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944
On July 6, 1944, a day that began with laughter and wonder for thousands of children and families ended in tragedy and heartache. The Hartford Circus Fire, one […]