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A hellish landscape drawing newly attributed to Hieronymus Bosch

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New Hieronymus Bosch Drawing Found in Private Art Collection

The hellish landscape is “an exceptionally important addition” to Bosch’s grim work

Praise hands, this robot is happy face!

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This Keyboard Lets You Type in Emoji

[heart-shaped eyes] + [clapping hands] + [money bag]

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Seattle’s Famous ‘Gum Wall’ Is Getting Scraped Clean

An estimated 1,000,000 pieces of chewing gum are stuck to the quirky attraction

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Soon, Guinness Will Be Vegan

The Irish brewery will no longer use fish bladders to make its beer

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This Incredible Street Art Is Also An Evolution Lesson

In Rome, a giant mural illustrates how life began and evolved

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Hidden Poop Joke Found in 17th-Century Art Owned By Queen Elizabeth

The newly restored Dutch painting depicts a man relieving himself

Bonus points if you can find a cat in this picture.

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Someone Just Paid $826,000 for the Greatest Cat Painting of All Time

“My Wife’s Lovers” pays tribute to the wealthiest cats of the 1890s

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According to This 1919 Writing Guide, There Are Only 37 Possible Stories

From love and disaster to “a miracle of God,” the 96-year-old manual outlines every known plot

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Amazon Just Opened An Actual Bookstore in Seattle

And just like its online marketplace, Amazon’s brick-and-mortar shop aims to shake up the industry

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This Extremely Slow Rube Goldberg Device Lasts More Than Six Weeks

The whimsical invention uses molasses, a tortoise, and sprouting grass to move a golf ball

A woman herds cattle on horseback at Dumbell Ranch in Wyoming

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The Modern Cost of Cattle Rustling

Why the Old West crime is still a multimillion-dollar problem

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Candy Corn Hasn’t Changed Since the 19th Century

The Halloween sweet was invented in the 1880s

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Why Do Witch Hunts Still Happen?

Across the globe, witchcraft fears still lead to torture and murder

An expert at work on a painting at the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure

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Inside the Italian Art Hospital That Rescues Old Paintings

A catastrophic flood gave this Florence workshop a new mission

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The Mind-Blowing ‘Rain Room’ Comes to Los Angeles

This wildly popular installation art creates an indoor storm—but visitors don’t get wet

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How ‘Bewitched’ Helped Salem Embrace Its Grim Past

A popular 1960s sitcom helped the New England town turn witches into big business

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This Haunted House is Actually a Lab for Studying Fear

Get scared for science

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The Hard Labor of Apple Picking

A skilled farm worker can pick six tons of apples a day

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Paris Has a ‘Love Lock’ Problem

And it’s not the only city that wants to get rid of them

Ai Weiwei's "Trace," which used Lego blocks to show political dissidents last year.

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Ai Weiwei Wants Your Legos

The dissident artist needs millions of toy bricks for his next project

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