Tech & Science
There are objects so iconic, so weirdly versatile, they basically become metaphors. The Swiss Army knife is one of those oddball inventions that ended…
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History
Once you find out that the Nobel Prize was born out of a misprint and a guilty conscience, it all makes a bit more…
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History
The pirates of America. The ultimate rebels of the high seas. They drank rum like water, fought like demons, and somehow managed to make…
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Nature
It’s not every day you get to talk about the Amazon rainforest without feeling like you’re narrating a David Attenborough special. But this leafy…
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Health
You bend down to pick up the cat, and your knees sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies. Snap, crackle, pop. It doesn’t hurt,…
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Culture
World Oceans Day (8 June) is that annual moment when we all collectively remember that, oh right, the planet is mostly water and we…
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History
Poker has swaggered through history like a cigar-smoking cowboy in a dusty saloon: part outlaw, part legend, never quite respectable, and always the centre…
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History
Pope Clement V didn’t exactly flee the scene like a runaway groom, but for someone handed the golden keys to Rome, he seemed remarkably…
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Culture
Forget bowler hats and tweed for a moment—though they do have their cameos. British men’s dress codes are a minefield of tradition, quiet rebellion,…
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Culture
Thomas Mann never set out to become the literary conscience of Germany, but fate, a Nobel Prize, and a stubborn moustache seemed to conspire…
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