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September 21, 2025

Whet Your Appetite With Nearly 13,000 Historical Cookbooks in This Sprawling Online Archive

The Internet Archive is one of the world’s most sprawling digital databases. It boasts everything from radio shows, manuals, and CD-ROM software to social media videos, religious sermons, and hip-hop mixtapes. But aside from all that, the platform also happens to host a massive archive of nearly 13,000 vintage cookbooks.

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September 8, 2025

Dictionary.com Added 1,235 New Entries to the Dictionary, Its Largest Word Drop Yet

One of the most established truths about language is that it’s constantly evolving.

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August 26, 2025

Playful Children’s Book Serves as Early Tool for Detecting Color Blindness

It’s estimated that there are about 300 million people with color blindness around the world.

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August 24, 2025

Explore Hundreds of Pre-1800s Occult Texts With This Sprawling Online Database

After the tremendous success of his 2003 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown turned his attention to his next set of novels in the series. While writing The Lost Symbol and Inferno, the novelist regularly visited the Ritman Research Institute in Amsterdam, where he had access to some of the world’s strangest and most fascinating occult texts. By 2016, Brown had pledged €300,000 (about $368,000)

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August 8, 2025

Explore Medieval Medical Recipes Featuring Dove Feces, Fox Lungs, and More

One of the biggest differences between medieval and contemporary life is our current medical knowledge.

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July 30, 2025

Over 2,100 Illustrations From Charles Dickens Novels Now Available in Online Archive

When you think of “Dickensian literature,” foggy alleyways, forlorn orphans, or grotesque villains may come to mind.

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July 13, 2025

Here Are Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Eight Books That “Every Intelligent Person” Should Read

In 2011, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session. Users wondered about everything from scientific funding and images taken from space to studying physics and recent technical innovations. But some commenters strayed from scientific topics completely, with one asking, “Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?

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July 6, 2025

Dive Into Over 10,000 Historical Children’s Books Thanks to This Fascinating Database

Children’s books are some of the first things that form us.

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June 8, 2025

You Can Take Over 130 Free Classes at Harvard, and Here’s How

Harvard is one of the most competitive universities in the United States, boasting an elite reputation and coveted academics that...

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March 20, 2025

Late to Work Because of Subway Delays? The MTA Will Give Your Boss a Tardy Note in NYC

Last year, New York’s entire subway system had an on-time average of a little over 82%. Regardless, MTA delays can occur anytime and for a variety of reasons, whether it be due to police investigations, unexpected track maintenance, or sick passengers. Should these hiccups delay you during your commute to work, school, an appointment, or a similar commitment, did you know that the MTA will provide a note excusing your tardiness?

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