Why sitcoms stopped using laugh tracks - Short history of the laff box ~tv Video 8:57, published Apr 14 2020 8 votes
The long history of warrior turtles, from ancient myth to warships to teenage mutants ~humanities.history Article 1812 words, published Feb 11 2021 9 votes
Matthew Syed looks at how the behaviour of hostages at a 1973 bank robbery gave rise to a concept known as Stockholm syndrome ~health.mental Article 5 votes
What did Ada Lovelace's program actually do? ~comp Article 4038 words, published Aug 18 2018 20 votes
Sámi National Day – National day that falls on February 6th. This date was when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway ~life Article 398 words 11 votes
The Bowed Strings Iconography Project catalogues as many images of bowed string instruments as possible throughout all periods of history through to the present day ~music Link 5 votes
Early illustrations of the nervous system by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal ~science biology Link 5 votes
Dogs have been our best friends for at least 23,000 years ~science anthropology Article 1515 words 13 votes
A picture of what dating looked like in the 1950s ~life relationships Article 1276 words, published Mar 7 2019 4 votes
How did the Blow Job shot happen? ~food history drinks Article 1985 words, published Apr 20 2018 3 votes
WorkBoy: Lost Game Boy add-on found after twenty-eight years ~games Video 27:29, published Dec 26 2020 6 votes
Kyrgyzstan ballads, Okinawa folk, Ugandan hymns … the album rewriting global music history ~music folk Article 1005 words 4 votes
335 year old recipe, 'Rice Puddings In Guts' (beef bung casing), from The Acompliſht Cook ~food recipes history Video 14:53 5 votes
In 1978, to emulate the exuberant and stylistic luxury of the Lincoln Continental, Volvo launched its own facsimile of the traditional American land yacht, the 262C ~transport Video 9:25, published Oct 3 2020 5 votes
How to Eurovision – ‘It seems that Norway and the violin are a perfect combination’ ~music Video 4:08 7 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
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
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
The story of 1987's Acorn Archimedes, the first production ARM/RISC-based personal computer ~tech Article 1118 words 9 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