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Rebecca Solnit: Slow change can be radical change ~society politics Article 1787 words, published Jan 11 2024 19 votes
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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
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The bizarre, true story of the world’s greatest living art thief ~arts art Article 1632 words 14 votes
How two Jewish kids in 1930s Cleveland altered the course of American pop culture (and the birth of Superman) ~comics Article 1952 words, published Feb 16 2023 5 votes
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Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant on the 2003 Los Angeles Lakers ~sports.basketball Article 1341 words 5 votes
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How storytellers use math (without scaring people away) ~science mathematics Article 2777 words, published Sep 28 2020 4 votes
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