For the First Time in 800 Years, Rice and Beans Are Kosher for Passover
The Jewish Conservative movement relaxes a 13th-century ban on rice, corn and beans during Passover
It’s Official: Harriet Tubman Will Grace the $20 Bill
The famed Underground Railroad Conductor will appear on the front of the $20 bill, among other changes to U.S. currency
Los Angeles’ Skid Row Is Getting a Golf Course
It’s a hole-in-one for performers with a point to make about gentrification
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Copyright Challenge to Google Books
By turning down the case, the Supreme Court made a stand for fair use
A New Exhibition Is All About Underwear
From a queen’s drawers to David Beckham’s briefs, The Victoria and Albert Museum gets “Undressed”
This Perfume Smells Like the Apocalypse
Artists bottled blood and thunder to capture the heady scent of the end times
Five Fascinating Places to Visit This Obscura Day
Atlas Obscura celebrates all things weird and wonderful worldwide this Saturday
Lawyers Who Made the Birthday Song Public Domain Take Aim at Civil Rights Anthem
A group of filmmakers want to remove the copyright from “We Shall Overcome”
A Canadian First Nation Community Is in the Grips of a Suicide Crisis
Eleven suicide attempts took place in Attawapiskat First Nation on Saturday alone
Multi-Million Dollar Painting Found in Leaky French Attic
Homeowners may have found a lost Caravaggio masterpiece behind a sealed attic door in their home near Toulouse
These Were 2015’s Most Challenged Books
This year’s list includes S&M, LGBT content…and the Bible.
Celebrate Beverly Cleary’s 100th Birthday With a Trip to Her Sculpture Garden
Ramona’s creator is even more timeless thanks to Portland’s tribute in bronze
Museum Building Is Booming in the United States
In a seven-year period, museums in the U.S. spent around $5 billion
In “Solomonic Solution,” Museum Returns Two Nazi-Looted Artworks to 95-Year-Old Descendant
After nearly 20 years of fighting, the Leopold Museum in Vienna has agreed to return the watercolors
A New Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Found in a Scottish Library
Only a few hundred copies still survive
How Booker T. Washington Became the First African-American on a U.S. Postage Stamp
At the time, postage stamps usually depicted white men
Celebrate Shakespeare’s Legacy at Hamlet’s Castle
Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! A bed awaits at “Elsinore”
An Italian Senator Wants Kids to Learn About Wine in School
A bill would add wine classes to elementary school curriculums
This Mural Honoring Garbage Collectors Covers More Than 50 Buildings in Cairo
An enormous painting brightens up one of Cairo’s poorest neighborhoods
“New” Rembrandt Created, 347 Years After the Dutch Master’s Death
The painting was created using data from more than 168,000 fragments of Rembrandt’s work
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