Almanac
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These surprisingly old campaigns prove crowdfunding doesn’t have to be high-tech.
Can you believe these people were alive at the same time?
One of the world’s best Angry Birds Space players has tips that could work for beating any system.
Renaissance artists relied on tracing — and sometimes they even recycled their work.
Stay away from the veggie burger. There are good reasons to fear it.
These are Washington’s apples, mountains, and stories, beautifully illustrated.
There were a lot of tricks to hopping a train safely. These are the best ones.
Sometimes being a pioneer is dangerous. That didn’t stop Les Paul.
There was a reason Julia Child covered her kitchen walls with pegboard.
The #CharlieCharlieChallenge is a big new fad involving ... pencils. This is what you need to know.
Can you tell the difference between the names for the world’s finest animals and boats?
“It’s like a drug.” This is Pickleball, explained.
This is the viral Shia LaBeouf screaming video, explained.
Want a nice stuffed animal? If you’re using a claw machine, be careful: the system is rigged.
Ohio is where America really took off — and this gorgeous map shows the steps along the way.
Here’s what historians said about the historical accuracy of Oregon Trail, from the dysentery to the gravestones.
Elizabethan book pirates were righteous, profiteering media buccaneers. And they might look surprisingly familiar.
Meet the microscopic animals that inhabit your body.
There was an ingenious mind behind those cheesy carnival props you stick your face in.
Magic and science weren’t always so different. These 5 geniuses prove it.
These maps show every presidential election — and they reveal how much politics has changed.
Sally Ride changed everything, but her accomplishments weren’t limited to her time in space.
This 1932 illustrated map of Wisconsin shows what’s changed and what’s stayed the same.
Love gluten? You have finally found a historical era that respects you.
The famous phrase isn’t just insensitive — it’s inaccurate.
In 1920, a woman shaving her legs was national news. This is how that changed.
“Meats” and 9 other fantastic words from David Letterman’s first Top Ten List.
Together, our tourist photos can capture the passage of time.
Theodore Roosevelt boxed in the White House. He didn’t get off as easy as Mitt did with Evander Holyfield.
Beautiful, weird, and cool: see Mad Men era ads from the ‘60s.
By the end of Mad Men, most of the world would have thought his hair was a joke.
Car record players will make you appreciate the technology-riddled present.
This compilation uncovers the repetition in Disney classics.
The blue glass craze was the greatest health fad of the 1870s.
Harriet Tubman won a recent poll to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20. But there’s another surprising reason she’s appropriate.
Why did Kate Monday leave? Why was Mathnet canceled? We’ve calculated the answers to the biggest Mathnet mysteries.
When AOL made — literally — all the CDs in the world.
These 5 examples show that tackiness is timeless.
This chart shows just how incredibly tall modern buildings have gotten.
We eat so many more vegetables than we used to. Also way more high-fructose corn syrup.