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Artist Animates What It Feels Like to Take Melatonin

The viewer feels both the frustration of insomnia, and the pleasant lull of the melatonin

DJ put that record on, it's everybody's favorite song.

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The World’s Most Sampled Song Is “Change the Beat” by Fab 5 Freddy

From Nine Inch Nails to Justin Bieber, nearly everybody has sampled this song

The original man cave.

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Paris Is Adding Two More Women to the Pantheon (New Total: Three)

Since its construction, the mausoleum has been filled with 73 bodies. Only one of them is a woman.

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These Two Explorers Just Broke the Record for Longest Walk in the South Pole

Last time someone tried this, the entire team wound up dying from the cold

Om nom nom.

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Smart Business Plan: Selling Girl Scout Cookies by Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Somebody should get a “smart businesswoman” badge

This handbag from around 1300 in Mosul, Iraq is on display at the Courtauld Gallery in London until May 18, 2014.

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This 700-Year-Old Purse From Iraq Is Remarkably Intact

Handbags have been popular for millennia, but usually we don’t find them all in one piece.

Not a Lulhere beret.

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The Last Beret Maker in France Is Struggling to Survive

French beret makers are facing a continuous drop in demand—plus cheaper imitations from China, India and the Czech Republic

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

The FBI Was Still Investigating John Wilkes Booth a Century After Lincoln’s Death

The blog Wonders and Marvels came across the FBI file on John Wilkes Booth

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A Team of Developers Wants to Print Out Wikipedia—All 1,000 Books Of It

A crowdfunding campaign seeks to make a print copy of the online encyclopedia

The first map of the new Hollywood development, from 1887.

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Hollywood Was Once an Alcohol-Free Community

Modern Hollywood is a far cry from its intrepid female founder’s “dream of beauty”

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Like All of Nature, Humans Will Go to Extreme Lengths to Stay in the Light

Michael Langan shows our basic instincts

The storming of the Bastille

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The French Revolution in Pictures

The French Revolution Digital Archive has more than 14,000 images from the Revolution of 1789

This illustration appeared on the cover of Tribal Force #1, which came out in 1996

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Tribal Force, the First Comic to Feature a Team of Native American Superheroes, Is Returning

Tribal Force was the first comic to feature a superhero team made entirely of Native American characters

Oysters

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Connecticut’s Trying to Stop Oyster Thieves

Even after centuries of trying, the state hasn’t figured out how to stop the stealing of shellfish

This is the late 18th - early 19th century internal (vaginal) irrigator made of bone discovered at City Hall Park, New York City.

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A Strange Object Found at New York’s City Hall Was a 200-Year-Old Feminine Hygiene Product

Archaeologists were initially mystified

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Nineteen States Allow Teachers to Spank Children

In 2006, 223,190 students were punished physically in public schools in the United States

A green light on the back of the Armatrix iP1 shows the gun is armed. When disarmed, the light is red.

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Will Smart Guns Actually Save Lives?

Smart guns, like the Armatrix iP1, will only fire for their owner

Pawel Althamer's Draftsmen's Congress at the New Muesum

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Write on the Walls at New Museum’s New Exhibit

At Pawel Althamer’s exhibit at the New Museum in New York City, visitors are invited to participate in the creative process

Erosion of a Bronze Age Post in the Thames

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Archaeologists Are Calling on Average British Citizens to Save Eroding History

The sea is devouring medieval towns, uncovering shipwrecks, and eroding valuable archaeological sites.

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China’s Growing Number of “Baby Hatches” Allow Parents to Anonymously Give Away Their Children

China will install at least two baby hatch facilities in each of the country’s provinces

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