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A Bear and Her Cubs Took Over Vlad the Impaler’s Castle
Romania’s Poenari Castle was shut down to visitors after authorities had “close encounters” with the creatures
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New Report Ranks Easiest and Hardest Places to Be a Kid
Save the Children compares 172 countries based on factors like child mortality rates and adolescent birth rates
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En Garde! (Nonviolent) Dueling Will Soon Be Legal in Canada
The government is ridding the Criminal Code of obsolete laws—like ones that prohibit dueling and witchcraft
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Massive Wooden Fire Monument Is Older Than Stonehenge
Carbon dating shows that the site dates back to 3300 B.C.
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In 1913, One Gluttonous Pupper Changed the Course of Animation History
Years before “Steamboat Willie,” this animated dog hammed it up onscreen
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257-Year-Old Coloring Book Rediscovered in St. Louis
The Florist contains 60 drawings, and recommends watercolor pigments like “gall-stone brown”
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Chinese City Institutes One-Dog Policy
Officials in Qingdao say they are trying to limit the amount of disturbance caused by an ever-growing pooch population
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Google Digitizes 3,000 Years of Fashion History
The massive “We Wear Culture Project” includes 30,000 online artifacts from over 180 institutions
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First-Ever Roma Cultural Institution Opens in Europe
It’s a step toward cultural inclusion for Europe’s largest minority group
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Newseum Ditches Headlines for a Day Without News
It’s a stark reminder of the journalists who’ve died doing their jobs
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What Hattie McDaniel Said About Her Oscar-Winning Career Playing Racial Stereotypes
Hattie McDaniel saw herself as a groundbreaker for black Americans
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This Museum Was the World’s Most-Visited in 2016
According to a new report ranking the most popular international museums
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This Tool Makes it Easy to Compare Art From Different Museums
IIIF frees images from the confines of individual websites
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Dr. Seuss Museum Opens in Massachusetts
The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss features a life-sized Wump of Gump, a recreation of Sala-ma-Sond, and replicas of the author’s childhood haunts
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Sliver of Saint’s Brain Stolen From Italian Basilica
Police are looking for the person or persons who swiped the sacred relic from the Don Bosco Basilica
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Anthony Burgess’ Legendary Dictionary of Slang Lives
The author and linguist gave up the book after realizing how enormous the task of keeping up with slang would be
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See 17th-Century England Through the Eyes of One of the First Modern Travel Writers
Celia Fiennes traveled and wrote about her adventures—including a bit of life advice
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Professor Helps Bust Italian Art Theft Ring
The professor noticed that a rare manuscript had been stamped with the seal of the Royal Library of Turin, leading him to believe that it had been stolen
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Dylan Finally Delivers on Nobel Prize Lecture
The reclusive singer-songwriter muses on literature and music in characteristic style
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Restored Roman Catacombs Reveal Stunning Frescoes
Centuries of grime have been removed from two chambers of the Domitilia catacombs, exposing images of fourth-century Rome
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