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World Map Origin – How Did Cartographers Create Before Airplanes and Satellites (openculture.com)
1 point by Brajeshwar on June 28, 2022 | past
In 1997, Wired Predicts Things That Could Go Wrong in the 21st Century (2021) (openculture.com)
105 points by kpennell on June 5, 2022 | past | 119 comments
Dystopian Surrealist Art of Polish Painter and Photographer Zdzisław Beksiński (openculture.com)
3 points by Zaplanincan on June 2, 2022 | past
Harry Beck’s 1933 London Tube Map (openculture.com)
78 points by simonebrunozzi on May 30, 2022 | past | 31 comments
The Variophone: Early Soviet film-based synthesizer (openculture.com)
2 points by ciocarlia on May 19, 2022 | past
How France Invented a Popular, Profitable Internet of Its Own in the 80s (openculture.com)
3 points by revolucien on May 12, 2022 | past
Horror Legend Christopher Lee Reads Bram Stoker's Dracula (openculture.com)
21 points by ColinWright on April 30, 2022 | past | 4 comments
3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why people missed work (openculture.com)
560 points by bryanrasmussen on April 26, 2022 | past | 400 comments
Umberto Eco on common features of fascism (2016) (openculture.com)
116 points by Anon84 on April 23, 2022 | past | 155 comments
[dupe] Simple Sabotage Field Manual (openculture.com)
20 points by jbajic on April 18, 2022 | past | 8 comments
A 1970s boardgame takes about 1,500 hours to complete (openculture.com)
103 points by gaws on Feb 12, 2022 | past | 73 comments
In 1922, novelist W. L. George predicts what the world will look like in 2022 (openculture.com)
1 point by Stratoscope on Feb 4, 2022 | past | 1 comment
A Medieval Book That Opens Six Different Ways (2018) (openculture.com)
33 points by Tomte on Jan 31, 2022 | past | 2 comments
Jorge Luis Borges Selects 74 Books for Your Personal Library (openculture.com)
2 points by keiferski on Jan 29, 2022 | past
Charles and Ray Eames’ Powers of Ten Updated (openculture.com)
1 point by vo2maxer on Jan 10, 2022 | past
UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows (openculture.com)
470 points by madpen on Jan 10, 2022 | past | 194 comments
Brian Eno shares his critical take on art & NFTs (openculture.com)
2 points by VieEnCode on Dec 30, 2021 | past
Is there life after death? John Cleese discusses with panel of scientists (openculture.com)
38 points by miles on Dec 28, 2021 | past | 51 comments
Randy Bachman Demystifies the Opening Chord of the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” (openculture.com)
2 points by mwattsun on Dec 26, 2021 | past | 1 comment
An Origami Samurai Made from a Single Sheet of Rice Paper (openculture.com)
264 points by simonebrunozzi on Dec 18, 2021 | past | 23 comments
‘The Character of Physical Law’: Richard Feynman’s Legendary Course, 1964 (openculture.com)
2 points by jesuslop on Dec 8, 2021 | past
The Hurdy Gurdy, the Hand-Cranked Medieval Instrument with 80 Moving Parts (openculture.com)
3 points by Kaibeezy on Nov 24, 2021 | past
Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Living in a Healthy Democracy (openculture.com)
1 point by truly on Nov 13, 2021 | past
The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type, Jikji, Is Now Digitized Online (openculture.com)
2 points by ohjeez on Nov 11, 2021 | past
What Richard Feynman’s PhD Thesis Looks Like: A Video Introduction (2020) (openculture.com)
133 points by paulpauper on Oct 16, 2021 | past | 26 comments
The first webcam was invented to keep an eye on a coffee pot (openculture.com)
295 points by elorant on Sept 15, 2021 | past | 119 comments
[flagged] 4k Free Movies Online (openculture.com)
26 points by CTOSian on Sept 5, 2021 | past | 12 comments
Public speaking: don't watch this (openculture.com)
2 points by AlbertCory on Aug 23, 2021 | past | 1 comment
Why 1999 Was the Year of Dystopian Office Movies (openculture.com)
3 points by Apocryphon on Aug 4, 2021 | past
Leon Theremin Advertises the First Production Run of His Electronic Instrument (openculture.com)
2 points by pseudolus on July 10, 2021 | past

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