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StorybookThe Yellow Wallpaper: The Room That Was Good for Her
The Yellow Wallpaper: The Room That Was Good for Her By After Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper. The Room That Was Good for Her John says this room will make me well. The windows have bars. He says they are for childr…
StorybookThe Happy Prince: Everything He Gave Away
The Happy Prince: Everything He Gave Away By After Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince. Everything He Gave Away The city loved its golden prince. Then, one night, he began giving himself away. A swallow stopped beneath him on its way to…
StorybookThe Bottle Imp: The Price of Saving You
The Bottle Imp: The Price of Saving You By After Robert Louis Stevenson The Bottle Imp. The Price of Saving You Keawe paid one cent for a bottle that could grant his wishes. Its owner looked at the coin—and began to cry with reli…
Why US troops returned to France during the Cold War
[00:52] Why the US Army Needed France as a Backup [02:11] Lowering the Flags at Sunset in Post-War France [03:22] From World War I to the Berlin Airlift Crisis [05:23] The Reality of Post-War France Beyond Paris Nightlife [09:07]…
Mapping the uncharted depths of Jewel Cave
[00:08] Stepping Foot Where No Human Has Been [01:42] How Cavers Map Caves Without GPS [02:45] The Hardest Job Inside an Uncharted Cave [03:20] How Cave Sketches Become Digital Maps
Ronald Reagan's unforgettable tribute to the boys of Pointe du Hoc
[02:32] How the Rangers Scaled the Cliffs on D-Day [03:39] These Are the Boys of Pointe du Hoc [04:46] The D-Day Bagpiper Who Marched Through Gunfire [07:18] Force for Liberation vs Force for Conquest [12:17] Reagan's Direct Mess…
Vintage Secret Service guide to spotting fake money
[04:40] Secret Service Guide to Spotting Fake Coins [05:51] The Meaning Behind US Currency Seal Colors [06:30] The Hidden Code on Federal Reserve Notes [08:21] Debunking the Paper Rubbing Money Test [09:21] The Microscopic Portra…
How American troops navigate politics and the Constitution
[02:55] Why Washington Refused Military Control [05:32] Political vs Partisan: The Big Difference [08:12] What US Troops Can and Cannot Do in Politics [10:16] The Hidden Trap for Troops on Social Media [12:10] When Silence Is a S…
Rise of George Marshall from staff planner to peace icon
[04:05] Masterminding the Meuse-Argonne Breakthrough [05:30] Too Valuable to Send to the Front Lines [07:43] When US Troops Were Stationed in 1920s China [08:57] The General Who Refused to Refight Old Wars [10:57] From 1 Star to…
Vintage dating etiquette rules from 1950
[01:12] How Teens Were Taught to Pick a Date in 1950 [04:41] Three Ways to Ask Someone Out on the Phone [06:32] Dating Advice That Hasn't Aged Well (1949) [07:49] Mom Explains Why Being Late Ruined Her First Date [10:47] How Teen…
How 1950s food science changed the American dinner table
[00:00] The 1950s Supermarket Revolution [02:07] Why Scientists Redesigned Potato Eyes [02:35] The Massive 1950s Celery Harvesting Rig [07:23] How 1950s Instant Mashed Potatoes Were Made [08:31] The Rise of the Frozen TV Dinner
StorybookThe New Accelerator: The Afternoon That Almost Stopped
The New Accelerator: The Afternoon That Almost Stopped By An illustrated adaptation after H. G. Wells The New Accelerator. The Afternoon That Almost Stopped Gibberne let go of his glass. It stayed in the air. I waited for it to b…
StorybookYuki-Onna: The Promise in the Snow
Yuki-Onna: The Promise in the Snow By An illustrated adaptation after Lafcadio Hearn Yuki-Onna. The Promise in the Snow The woman in white bent over the old woodcutter. Her breath shone in the dark. Beside him, Minokichi lay awak…
StorybookThe Canterville Ghost: The Ghost Nobody Feared
The Canterville Ghost: The Ghost Nobody Feared By An illustrated adaptation after Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost. The Ghost Nobody Feared The ghost rattled his chains outside the new owner’s bedroom. Mr Otis opened the door an…
The hidden complexity and history of typing in Japanese
[02:30] How to Type 2,000 Characters on a 26-Key Keyboard [03:24] One Japanese Sentence Has 93 Different Meanings [07:39] Punished for Speaking Okinawan [08:46] Why Japanese Kana Cannot Write Okinawan [13:26] How One Glottal Stop…
Short videoThe Pigeons That Took Aerial Photographs
In the early nineteen hundreds, German pharmacist Julius Neubronner fitted homing pigeons with miniature cameras. A harness held the camera against the bird’s chest, with its lenses angled toward the ground. An air-powered delay…
Instagram PostThe forest that could turn
Moving forest set BFI records Furst’s handmade trees on rollers, turned for the seasons. My reading: danger becomes part of the forest. Original editorial reconstruction, not a film still.
Why Did Mars Planners Put Venus on the Route?
Venus appeared in these plans for two related but distinct reasons: it could change a spacecraft’s trajectory, and a Venus encounter could add science to a proposed program of planetary flybys. In Gaetano Crocco’s 1956 proposal,…