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Bhumibol Adulyadej, also known as King Rama IX of the Chakri Dynasty

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What to Know Now That the King of Thailand Has Died

Political uncertainty and potential unrest follows the death of the beloved Bhumibol Adulyadej

John Cohen photographs a young Bob Dylan playing his guitar and harmonica in New York City in 1962.

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Five Things to Know About Bob Dylan

When it comes to awards, the times are a’ changin’—and now the iconic musician is a Nobel laureate

A malnourished Somalian baby is held by its mother while waiting for food during a 2011 drought.

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It’s 2016. Here’s How Hungry the World Is

More than 21 percent of the developing world is in “serious” need of food, according to a new report

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Obama Just Signed a Law Mandating Diaper Changing Tables in Men’s Restrooms

The BABIES Act will put changing tables in men’s rooms in public, federal facilities

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Landmark Settlement Seeks to Address Decades of Harassment Faced by Female Mounties

The historic apology to women in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police comes with steps to prevent future abuse

Clyde R. Meyers, Denham Springs flood survivor, holds a photograph of his parents, saturated with floodwater from the 2016 historic flooding in Louisiana.

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How to Save Family Heirlooms from Natural Disasters

It isn’t easy to save cultural heritage from the ravages of nature, but a national task force thinks it’s worth trying

Each crossing incorporates the existing zebra-style design.

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Colorful Crosswalks Paint the Streets of Madrid

This art was made to be stepped all over

The room has plenty of "Hudson River light" to spark the artist in a lucky bidder and their guest.

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Channel Edward Hopper With a Night in His Bedroom

Stay in the childhood home of one of history’s greatest painters

These seemingly inhabited buildings are actually vacant properties illuminated by the new Breathing Lights project in three New York cities.

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This Art Project Breathes New Life Into Blighted Buildings

Breathing Lights will illuminate hundreds of abandoned structures throughout New York

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$25.5 Million Raphael Painting Discovered in Scottish Manor House

An art historian working for a BBC television show recognized a painting in a dark corner as the work of the Renaissance master

View of the Sea at Scheveningen, 1882

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Stolen van Gogh Paintings Recovered After 14 Years

Italian police found the two paintings stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam while investigating organized crime in Naples

Esther Belin is a noted Native American poet and artist, but she is not in Wikipedia.

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Wikipedia Wants You to Improve Its Coverage of Indigenous Peoples

Why does the site that anyone can edit contain so little coverage of native people?

Chalk portrait of Caravaggio
Ottavio Leoni, circa 1621

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Happy 445th Birthday, Caravaggio

The artist’s gory paintings have captivated art lovers for centuries

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After 80 Years, New York’s Iconic Carnegie Deli Is Closing for Good

The iconic jewish deli has served heaps of pastrami in Times Square for decades

Students from Denison High School in Denison, TX perform The Addams Family.

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These Were the Most-Performed High School Musicals of 2015/2016

Creepy, kooky and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

New Research

Listen to the First Computer-Made Tune on Alan Turing’s Synthesizer

From code-breaker to musical innovator

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You, Too, Could Own a Copy of the Voyager Golden Record

Ozma records is producing a box set of the album sent into the cosmos to reach out to potential extraterrestrial life

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Rare Painting by a Victorian-Era Artist Found on “Antiques Roadshow”

You never know what might be lying around the attic

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