How to Eurovision – ‘It seems that Norway and the violin are a perfect combination’ ~music Video 4:08 7 votes
The history of sourdough in Alaska, and why long-time residents are called "sourdoughs" ~food history baking Article 1070 words 6 votes
How Linksys’ most famous router, the WRT54G, tripped into legendary status because of an undocumented feature that slipped through during a merger ~tech Link 25 votes
Military historian breaks down medieval weapons in video games ~games Video 29:07, published Jan 4 2021 3 votes
How much time do you think should pass before articles or discussion about any given event can be tagged as history? ~tildes suggestions Ask (survey) Personally I think the minimum should be 10 or 15 years, with stuff from 5 to 10 years ago being recent history, but I'm kinda biased. 15 votes
How Rome destroyed its own republic ~humanities.history Article 829 words, published Aug 1 2019 12 votes
A brief history of peanut butter: The bizarre sanitarium staple that became a spreadable obsession ~food history Article 1296 words 6 votes
Why Japanese tigers have flat heads: Painted screen by Maruyama Okyo 円山応挙 ~arts art Video 7:46 5 votes
A real-life Lord of the Flies: The troubling legacy of the Robbers Cave experiment ~science psychology Article 2128 words, published Apr 16 2018 7 votes
Until 1968, a married Texas woman couldn’t own property or start a business without her husband’s permission. Attorney Louise Raggio fought to change that. ~life.women Article 1770 words 10 votes
Fifty years of text games: A 2021 journey from Oregon Trail to AI Dungeon ~games Article 1738 words 5 votes
The tale of a World War II British submarine that shot down an enemy plane with a torpedo ~humanities.history Article 1585 words 7 votes
One town, four elements – Ytterby in Sweden is famous for being the single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world ~science chemistry Video 2:16, published Feb 27 2017 5 votes
The butteriest popcorn, movie theater style (but using real butter) ~food history recipes Video 22:13, published Dec 12 2020 7 votes
Culture kept in its coffin: How the Netflix model buries our media history ~tv Article 3539 words 7 votes
How to revive a dead language: Although it was the language of sacred texts and ritual, modern Hebrew wasn’t spoken in conversation till the late nineteenth century ~humanities.languages Article 547 words, published Dec 22 2020 10 votes
The history of Jews, Chinese food, and Christmas, explained by a rabbi ~food history Article 1302 words, published Dec 21 2018 11 votes
The secret history of the conversation chair ~design Article 971 words, published Jan 30 2020 8 votes
Tiki bars are a beverage industry mainstay, with a painful and underexamined past. Can the format be repaired? ~food history drinks Article 1098 words 6 votes
As Covid-19 ravaged Waterloo, Iowa, officials discovered meatpacking executives were the ones in charge ~health Article 9116 words 12 votes
The story of 1987's Acorn Archimedes, the first production ARM/RISC-based personal computer ~tech Article 1118 words 9 votes
The history of Lode Runner, Doug Smith’s seminal action-puzzle platformer from 1983 ~games Article 3820 words 10 votes
The father of modern warfare – the military reforms of Gustavus Adolphus' changed the face of European warfare ~humanities.history Video 21:36, published Dec 13 2020 7 votes
An elixir from the French Alps, frozen in time ~food drinks history recipes Article 2178 words 9 votes
How did the Qing dynasty collapse? The Xinhai revolution explained ~humanities.history Video 14:27, published Jun 18 2019 3 votes
MLB is finally recognizing the Negro Leagues as the Major Leagues they always were ~sports.baseball Article 3345 words 8 votes
The fraying of the US Global Currency Reserve System ~finance economics.macro Article 15 875 words, published Dec 6 2020 11 votes
Janine de Greef, Belgian who helped smuggle downed Allied airmen to safety during World War II, dies at 95 ~humanities.history Article 1253 words 7 votes
How PEZ candy dispensers evolved from an anti-smoking tool to a beloved collector's item ~food history Article 1599 words 6 votes
That Downfall scene explained: What is Hitler freaking out about? ~humanities.history Video 10:03, published Oct 1 2019 8 votes
Strange object recaptured by Earth, and currently in Earth orbit, is 1966 Centaur upper stage from Surveyor 2 spacecraft ~space Article 1015 words 6 votes
Denmark's prime minister has apologised to twenty-two children who were removed from their homes in Greenland in the 1950s in a failed social experiment ~life family Article 39 words 11 votes