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How a Bicycle Is Made
How a Bicycle Is Made

All you ever wondered about how handlebars are bent, why mudguards exist, and where lubricant comes from.

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A Vintage Scientific Paper Published as a 38-Stanza Poem
A Vintage Scientific Paper Published as a 38-Stanza Poem

Verse and vengeance in vintage Australian astrophysics.

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7 Lessons on the Creative Life from the U.S. Forest Service
7 Lessons on the Creative Life from the U.S. Forest Service

Simple rules to follow when you’re lost in the woods, literally and creatively.

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The Art of Coffee: A Mad Men Era Short Film
The Art of Coffee: A Mad Men Era Short Film

“Success lies in a single word: Care.”

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A Visual History of Presidential Campaign Posters: 200 Years of Election Art from the Library of Congress Archives
A Visual History of Presidential Campaign Posters: 200 Years of Election Art from the Library of Congress Archives

A brief visual history of political propaganda design.

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The Naughty Nineties: A Victorian Pop-Up Book for Adults Only
The Naughty Nineties: A Victorian Pop-Up Book for Adults Only

A pull-tab time machine of risqué rites.

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The Family That Dwelt Apart: Lovely Vintage Animated Film Based on an E. B. White Short Story
The Family That Dwelt Apart: Lovely Vintage Animated Film Based on an E. B. White Short Story

Misadventures in happy isolation.

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Turtle Anatomy, in Stunning Images from 1820
Turtle Anatomy, in Stunning Images from 1820

Beautiful public domain images of your favorite shell-shielded reptile.

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Gorgeous Vintage Soviet Art and Propaganda Posters
Gorgeous Vintage Soviet Art and Propaganda Posters

What war, peace, and mass culture have to do with theater masterpieces and literary classics.

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The Art of Scientific Investigation: How Intuition and the Imagination Fuel Scientific Discovery and Creativity
The Art of Scientific Investigation: How Intuition and the Imagination Fuel Scientific Discovery and Creativity

“Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.”

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