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Why Americans Missed Out on Public Domain Day (Again)
Aleister Crowley, Dorothy Parker, and René Magritte joined the public domain in 2018, but not in the United States
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India to Cap Number of Taj Mahal Visitors
Spurred by safety and conservation concerns, officials plan to limit the number of domestic tourists to 40,000 per day
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Big Data Traces the World’s Most Distinctive Musical Traditions
An analysis of 8,200 recordings from 137 nations shows nations in sub-Saharan Africa have the most unique rhythms and melodies
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China Brings an End to Its Ivory Trade
The country is believed to have been one of the world’s largest markets for ivory products
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Rose Marie’s Sprawling Legacy as Told Through the Artifacts She Left Behind
The late actress sang for mobsters, toured New York nightclubs and wisecracked her way through a career that spanned nine decades
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2,000-Year-Old Texts Reveal the First Emperor of China’s Quest for Eternal Life
Qin Shihuang issued an executive order demanding that his subjects search for an immortality elixir
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Speak Now: Reward for Biggest Art Heist in History Gets Cut in Half on New Year’s
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum hoped the $10 million reward would shake loose new clues in the 27-year-old crime
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Cache of Newly Digitized Travel Photographs Will Transport You to 1900s California
Travelers William and Grace McCarthy really got around, and in nearly 3,000 photos, they captured a unique view of San Francisco, Tahoe and Yosemite
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The YMCA First Opened Gyms to Train Stronger Christians
Physical fitness was a secondary goal for the movement
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Madame de Pompadour Was Far More Than a ‘Mistress’
Even though she was a keen politicker and influential patron, she’s been historically overlooked
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30,000 Shards of Historic Stained Glass Found in Westminster Abbey’s Attic
The glass and other trash was excavated from depressions in the vaulted ceiling and are being made into new windows for the Abbey
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Belgium Ends Telegram Service After 171 Years
The end of Belgian telegrams isn’t the end of the service across the world, but it’s getting close
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Tomb Door Engraved with Menorah Discovered in Israel
The artifact tells the story of the three major religious groups that have occupied Tiberias over the centuries
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Don Hogan Charles, Who Captured the Civil Rights Movement, Has Died at 79
In 1964, Charles became the first black photographer hired by the New York Times
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The Library of Congress Will Stop Archiving Twitter
Because tweets have become too long and too numerous, the Library will only archive tweets of ‘historic value”
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It Didn’t Take Very Long For Anesthesia to Change Childbirth
The unprecedented idea of a painless delivery changed women’s lives
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After Heavy Criticism, German City’s Exhibition on Jewish Art Dealer Is Back On
Officials said the previously cancelled show will be put on view in a “more complete and revised form” at a later date
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Three Things to Know About Radical Prohibitionist Carry A. Nation
Nation was convinced she was on a mission from God
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How 21st-Century Technology Is Shedding Light on a 2nd-Century Egyptian Painting
Researchers at UCLA and the National Gallery of Art have pioneered a technology that goes behind the scenes of a centuries-old artistic process
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Remembering Mamie ‘Peanut’ Johnson, the First Woman to Take the Mound as a Major-League Pitcher
The Negro Leagues trailblazer has died at 82. Barred from trying out for a segregated female league, she made her mark playing alongside men
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