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How a child's accidental call to a top-secret phone line launched NORAD's Santa Tracker ~life Article 424 words 36 votes
Conan O’Brien’s wild first year: An oral history - In 1993, NBC made a historic decision—and gave Late Night to a nobody. O’Brien, Letterman, Lorne Michaels, Lisa Kudrow, and more tell all. ~tv Article 5019 words 29 votes
The Kikkoman soy sauce bottle is priceless ~food history Article 1567 words, published Dec 8 2023 22 votes
After 800 years, volcanic activity has returned to Reykjanes – Andri Snær Magnason reflects on the Icelandic relationship with volcanoes ~enviro Article 1685 words 12 votes
The first US Army Christmas: Washington and the Hessians ~humanities.history Article 2240 words 8 votes
Hannah Arendt would not qualify for the Hannah Arendt prize in Germany today ~misc politics Article 1935 words 27 votes
Greyhound bus stops are valuable US assets. Here’s who’s cashing in on them. ~transport Article 13 votes
The rock that smashed a Scrabble world record ~games.tabletop board games Video 9:00, published Dec 10 2023 5 votes
WWII rescue buoys - Secret 'floating hotels' of the English Channel ~humanities.history Video 26:59 4 votes
Exploring Art Deco architecture's evolution from its 1920s roots to its modern resurgence in Art Deco 2.0 ~design fashion architecture urban planning Video 14:07 5 votes
Egyptian fractions and the greedy algorithm ~science mathematics Video 9:47, published Dec 12 2023 6 votes
In northern Ontario, a dozen First Nations have been left struggling. A court’s attempt to enforce treaty promises could see them getting up to C$126bn. ~news canada.on Article 2222 words 12 votes
Rise of Napoleon's Old Guard (1789-1803) (part 1) | Units of History ~humanities.history Video 23:10 9 votes
People have been searching for this song from 'The X-Files' for twenty-five years. Until now. ~music country Article 832 words 23 votes
Life begins at forty: The biological and cultural roots of the midlife crisis ~life Video 47:16, published May 15 2019 10 votes
Cardamom has been a key spice in Swedish culture since medieval times, and now it's popularity in soft, fluffy kardemummabulle is taking the pastry global ~food baking history Article 1625 words 22 votes
What would Sandra Day O’Connor have thought about affirmative action for men? ~life.women Article 1922 words, published Dec 8 2023 12 votes
Rock Hudson: How a gay truck driver became the biggest star in Hollywood ~movies comedy.romantic Video 1:01:07 8 votes
How Monty Python's Life of Brian moved past culture wars and censorship to become a beloved hit ~movies comedy Article 1282 words 31 votes
Links forged half a century ago with Gaza City mean that support for Palestine goes well beyond gesture politics in Tromsø, Norway ~life Article 1420 words 8 votes
Thunderplump: Ten weird and wonderful words with Susie Dent ~humanities.languages Video 15:10 5 votes
World’s Strongest Man lives the Sumo wrestler lifestyle for 72 hours | Strength Unknown Japan ~sports.combat Video 26:36 13 votes
Bōsōzoku: The rebellious film legacy of Japan’s unruly biker gangs ~movies Article 1571 words, published Oct 17 2022 10 votes
History of country code top-level domains, with a map of the most popular ones in use | Map Men ~tech internet Video 11:14 14 votes
Floral time travel: Flowers were more diverse 100 million years ago than they are today ~enviro Article 673 words, published Nov 30 2023 12 votes
I was scared to say this to NASA... (but I said it anyway) ~space spaceflight rocketry Video 1:05:20 25 votes
Early on-demand music streaming required lots of nickels ~tech Article 1033 words, published Nov 10 2021 2 votes
A 1990 experiment to test whether we could discern life on Earth remotely ~space Article 1614 words, published Oct 16 2023 9 votes
No Fap: A cultural history of anti-masturbation ~health medicine Article 5257 words, published Nov 1 2023 34 votes
Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies ~design architecture Video 13:50, published Nov 30 2023 12 votes