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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, part 2

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These Brilliant Literary Maps Will Help You Understand Your Favorite Book

A lavishly illustrated atlas for Huckleberry Finn and other classics

Albert Einstein, pondering the mysteries of the universe—or maybe just writing a killer tweet.

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Albert Einstein Has a Social Media Team

How the famed physicist tweets from beyond the grave

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Would You Drink a Cocktail Invented By a Computer?

How IBM’s Watson become the world’s most creative bartender

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This Norwegian Modern Art Museum Is Also a Bridge

An ingeniously twisted design blends art with infrastructure

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27 Percent of U.S. Adults Didn’t Read a Single Book Last Year

This new survey on reading habits isn’t all doom and gloom, though

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Sesame Street Just Welcomed Its First Autistic Muppet

“Julia” is geared towards raising awareness and acceptance

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Google Books Isn’t Copyright Infringement

A landmark court ruling allows the tech giant digitize library books

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This Giant Van Gogh Painting Is Made of Pumpkins, Watermelons and Squash

How crop artist Stan Herd made an acre-wide ode to “Olive Trees”

Edith Wharton had presumably outgrown her rattle by the time this photo was taken in 1877.

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For Sale: Edith Wharton’s $16,500 Baby Rattle

Fanciest. Teething device. Ever.

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Why Does the Internet Hate Renoir?

A tongue-in-cheek protest movement wants to remove the artist’s paintings from museums

A page of the original King James Bible

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The Origins of the King James Bible

A handwritten draft of the world’s most famous bible has been discovered in England

A photographer with Reuters, Finbarr O’Reilly, in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province during 2011

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The Technical Challenges of Photojournalism in a War Zone

A short documentary reveals what it’s like to work in Afghanistan

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Invader Tags European Space Agency With Alien Art

The anonymous street artist strikes again

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America’s in the Midst of a Lobster Boom

With the lobster catch up sixfold in the last 30 years, can we eat without worry?

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Chicago’s Newest Library Is on a Train

Bored during your morning commute? #BooksOnTheL can help.

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Orson Welles Wrote a ‘Citizen Kane’ Sequel

The greatest movie never made?

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These Brave Playwrights Want to Rewrite Shakespeare

“They have been at a great feast of languages, and stol’n the scraps.”

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This Swiss Watchmaker is Teaching Apprentices For Free

The U.S. desperately needs new watchmakers. Will a new generation save the industry?

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A Woman Bought a House For $100,000, Then Learned Frank Lloyd Wright Built It

She had no idea her Madison, Wisconsin, home was part of the famous architect’s affordable housing project

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How the Tetris Theme Song Was Made

A small piece of hardware produced the iconic sounds of gaming

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