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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
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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
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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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Paris Has a ‘Love Lock’ Problem
And it’s not the only city that wants to get rid of them
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The dissident artist needs millions of toy bricks for his next project
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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
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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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