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Gamers Raise Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars a Year by Playing the Worst Video Game Ever Made
“Desert Bus” lets you undertake an eight-hour-long digital road trip in real time
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Inside the Collective That Turns VHS to Digital Video for Free
A team of media lovers wants to preserve your memories for history’s sake
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X-Rays Unveil Hidden Paintings Beneath an Avant-Garde Classic
The brightly-colored cubist work below “Black Square” adds new dimensions to a masterpiece
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Watch ‘Swan Lake’ Transform Into a Spectacular Light Show
The classic ballet has never looked so stunning
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How to Visit the British Museum Without Going to London
A new partnership with Google allows art aficionados to take virtual strolls through the museum’s treasures
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These French Vending Machines Sell Short Stories
Super-short fiction that’s as good as any snack
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Why Librarians Should Love Fallout 4
To survive this video game’s nuclear wasteland, players need to return their library books
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An L.A. Museum Is Turning Salad Into Performance Art
Because there’s more to salad than that satisfying, leafy crunch
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A Lost Story by Edith Wharton Has Been Discovered in Yale’s Library
“The Field of Honor” is about a failed marriage during World War I
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This Is the Second-Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold At Auction
Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu Couché drew a stunning $170.4 million
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This Ear Was Made With Vincent Van Gogh’s DNA
What secrets have been whispered into this creepy, living copy of the most famous ear in art history?
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In the face of criticism, SeaWorld is retiring its controversial killer whale show
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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
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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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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
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Someone Just Paid $826,000 for the Greatest Cat Painting of All Time
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