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This Magical Curse Written in Greek on a Small Lead Tablet Was Meant to Punish Enemies Nearly 2,000 Years Ago

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-magical-curse-written-in-greek-on-a-small-lead-tablet-was-meant-to-punish-enemies-nearly-2000-years-ago-180989001/Open link View original on lemmy.world

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Bonfires, Maypoles and a saint’s day: How Europe celebrates the longest day of the year

https://theconversation.com/bonfires-maypoles-and-a-saints-day-how-europe-celebrates-the-longest-day-of-the-year-285196Open link View original on lemmy.world

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Why we crave company

Neuroscientists are discovering that spending time with others may be a basic biological necessity, like need for food or water

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See Visions of the Past and Future in This New York City Exhibition on the Renaissance Roots of Tarot Cards

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-visions-of-the-past-and-future-in-this-new-york-city-exhibition-on-the-renaissance-roots-of-tarot-cards-180988940/Open link View original on lemmy.world

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In California, a Plan to Help Wildlife Cross a Busy Freeway

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The Race to Save Hagia Sophia

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Can Architecture Ever Save Us From Sickness?

Design has long promised to protect us from disease. But its cures have a way of becoming new sources of harm.

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Researchers Accidentally Discover That Humans Prefer to Turn Counterclockwise. But They Still Have No Idea Why

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This is what an 1869 MIT entrance exam looks like

From the description of the video: "In this video I look at the algebra section of an 1869 MIT entrance exam. The exam is from the MIT Institute Archives & Special Collections. This exam used to be available on the online MIT exam archives but MIT have restructured the site and the file is no longer available - new location unknown."

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The Grate Cheese Robbery

How organized crime fell in love with cheese.

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The literary invention that places you in the chaos of war

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How to Hack a Superyacht

GPS is critical to everything from shipping to warfare. Tricking it is ridiculously easy

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The Lorem Ipsum Mystery

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The Museum of Innocence

The Museum of Innocence, created by Orhan Pamuk, is a small museum of Istanbul made up of carefully assembled installations which describes the memories and meanings associated with the objects from daily life described in the author's eponymous novel.