There’s a lot more to the stick figure athletes representing Olympic events, a series of evolving images with a legacy of iconographic trailblazing, antifascism, and international accord.
Author: Ben
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Sea Monkeys
How primates accidentally beat Columbus across the Atlantic by 40 million years.
…Hakuna Matata
Historians and archaeologists say the oldest and largest ancient pyramids are in Egypt and Mexico. One Bosnian wizard says they’re wrong.
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Fire Underfoot
Separated by 9,900 miles, two underground blazes still burn after 50 years.
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The Killcoaster
Four people die on rollercoasters every year. We could do way better.
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How Egyptian was Cleopatra?
Three hundred years of advanced incest, all for this.
Gerald Bull wanted to use a very big gun to shoot a satellite into space. Saddam Hussein wanted a very big gun.
What is a Berliner, anyway?
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Florence, Y’all
Florence y’all