Category: HISTORY

February 22, 2016 at 8:29 am

Inside an Olive Oil Soap Factory in Syria

Inside an Olive Oil Soap Factory in Syria

Widely considered the first soap ever made, Aleppo olive oil soap uses only three ingredients

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February 17, 2016 at 5:11 pm

How Einstein Went from ‘Lazy Dog’ to Nobel Prize Winning Scientist

How Einstein Went from 'Lazy Dog' to Nobel Prize Winning Scientist

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination” – Albert Einstein

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February 16, 2016 at 4:52 pm

These 360 TB Discs Will Last for 13.8 Billion Years

These 360 TB Discs Will Last for 13.8 Billion Years

Coined as the ‘Superman memory crystal’, data is recorded via self-assembled nanostructures created in fused quartz

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January 27, 2016 at 6:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

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December 22, 2015 at 4:33 pm

This Library Has an Awesome Miniature Book Collection

This Library Has an Awesome Miniature Book Collection

It’s miniature literature!

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December 14, 2015 at 5:03 pm

Picture of the Day: Mulberry Street, New York City 1900

Picture of the Day: Mulberry Street, New York City 1900

Old School Cool. Mulberry Street is a principal thoroughfare in Manhattan and often considered the heart of Manhattan’s Little Italy.

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November 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm

These are the Original Stuffed Animals That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

These are the Original Stuffed Animals That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

Long before Disney, Christopher Robin Milne, a little boy living in England, received a small stuffed bear on his first birthday.

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November 18, 2015 at 11:25 am

21 Colorized Photos from the 1920s Discovery of King Tut

21 Colorized Photos from the 1920s Discovery of King Tut

Nearly a century ago, archaeologist Howard Carter captured the world’s imagination with the discovery of the undisturbed tomb of Tutankhamun.

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November 17, 2015 at 4:31 pm

The Future Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

The Future Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

An in-depth interview with photographer and journalist Asher Svidensky about the Golden Eagle Hunters of Mongolia and the future of storytelling.

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November 14, 2015 at 11:56 am

Picture of the Day: With Paris

Picture of the Day: With Paris

Buildings around the world paid tribute to the victims of the attacks in Paris, France, projecting the colors of the French flag onto their façades.

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