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May 27, 2025

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Launches Cruise To Set Sail Across All 5 Great Lakes

Architecture lovers with a passion for the open water can now set sail on a one-of-a-kind Frank Lloyd Wright-themed cruise through North America’s Great Lakes. Victory Cruise Lines has partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s Taliesin Institute to offer an educational tour of the architect’s works in Chicago, Detroit, and Muskegon.

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Art

May 27, 2025

Chicago White Sox Unveils New Mural of Pope Leo XIV Inside Baseball Stadium

Pope Leo XIV may be living a new life in the Vatican, but he’ll forever have a presence in Chicago—not...

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Academy

May 27, 2025

Preserve Your Memories (And Make New Ones!) With These Fun and Inspiring Online Embroidery Classes

Sometimes, our traditional methods of preserving memories just aren’t enough.

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History

May 26, 2025

New Research Suggests Human Language Evolved More Than 135,000 Years Ago

There are an estimated 7,000 languages spoken around the world today, allowing humans to chat, tell stories, and share information. Being able to communicate our ideas is an integral part of being human, and a new study suggests we’ve been using language a lot longer than we initially thought—at least 135,000 years ago.

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History

May 26, 2025

This Is the Only Illuminated Manuscript From Antiquity Depicting Homer’s ‘Iliad’

With all the buzz around Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, one question comes to mind: what about...

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Archeology

May 26, 2025

Ancient Egyptian Drawing Now Theorized To Represent the Milky Way’s Great Rift

New research suggests that ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut may contain an early representation of the Milky...

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May 26, 2025

Need Help Making a Decision? Do as the Ancient Persians Did and “Drink” About It

Throughout history, cultures have developed methods of decision making that we might consider… unconventional. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, ancient Persians had a unique approach. They would deliberate on important decisions while inebriated, and once they sobered up, they would revisit their choices. The same process was applied to the opposite order. If something was decided while an individual was sober, they would then drink and consider it again.

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Nature

May 26, 2025

Learn About the Japanese Technique of Relocating—Rather Than Cutting Down—Trees

Given their tremendous size, trees often seem stationary, with no chance of vanishing unless cut down.

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Architecture

May 26, 2025

Enormous Glowing Orb Illuminates the Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025

When Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on April 13, visitors flocked to the more than 150 world pavilions designed by...

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Movies

May 25, 2025

Anthony Bourdain Once Declared ‘Ratatouille’ Is “The Best Food Movie Ever Made”

The movie Ratatouille (2007) may be one of the best Pixar films and the greatest animated works of all time. While it did win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, with time, it earned an equally significant nod. The late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, renowned for his devotion to sharing the best in international cuisine, declared that Ratatouille was “the best food movie ever made.

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