The Forgotten Moment When Superman Fought Prejudice in America Instead of…
It makes sense that Superman would take a tolerant view of immigrants and other minorities, given that he himself arrived on…
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The Most Influential Philosophers Explained in 26 Minutes: From Socrates to…
The question of who are the fifteen most influential philosophers of all time may not arise at every conversation down at the pub…
The Tarot Card Deck Created by Salvador Dalí
The Tarot has long been a tool of charlatans. But it has also long been embraced by brilliant, unconventional thinkers, many of…
Watch the Moment When the Wreck of the Titanic Was First Discovered (1985)
The wreck of the RMS Titanic has never ceased to command attention, from pop-cultural fascination to scientific scrutiny and…
What Happened to Jesus’ Twelve Disciples After the Bible—It Wasn’t Pretty
The stories in the Bible have been told in many ways, not least through film.
When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien “Has Not…
When J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books appeared in the mid-1950s, they were met with very mixed reviews, an unsurprising…
How John Coltrane Introduced the World to His Radical Sound with His Recording…
Favorite Things”] is a definitive work that everyone knows, and anyone can listen to, and the fascinating story of its evolution…
Why The Founding Fathers Were Obsessed with This Muslim Ruler
The writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America include many a reference to the likes of Cicero,…
Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station
It took nearly 50 years. WKRP in Cincinnati is no longer just a TV sitcom. It's now a real radio station in Cincinnati. A…
How a Volcanic Eruption Helped Unleash the Black Death in Europe in 1347
The flap of a butterfly's wings on one side of the world can cause a hurricane on the other, or so they say. If we take it a bit…
Buckminster Fuller Creates an Animated Visualization of Human Population Growth…
Like all visionaries, Fuller thought in long spans of time, and he used his design skills to help others do so as well. His…
1,000 Years of Medieval European History in 20 Minutes
More than a few medievalists object to the term 'Dark Ages' as applied to the period in which they specialize. That can seem…
How Many Lives Does God Take in the Bible: An Investigation into a Surprisingly…
Whether or not we believe in any god, most of us here in the twenty-first century have the impression of divine rulers…
The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built
When many of us first learned of the RMS Titanic, it was presented first as one of history's greatest ironies: the 'unsinkable'…
MTV Rewind Lets You Revisit 40,000 Music Videos & Commercials from the Golden…
MTV still exists. At least, it still exists in the United States, or in certain of that country's markets, for the time being. A…
The Gnostic Gospels: An Introduction to the Forbidden Teachings of Jesus
It would be impossible to understand Western civilization without understanding the history of Christianity. But in order to do…
J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to…
Image via Wikimedia Commons I’ve just started reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit to my daughter.
The Fascinating History of Tarot Card Decks: From the Renaissance to the Modern…
Whether or not we believe that the cards of the tarot have supernatural powers, we all think of them primarily as tools for…
Meet the Forgotten Female Artist Behind the World’s Most Popular Tarot Deck…
As an exercise draw a composition of fear or sadness, or great sorrow, quite simply, do not bother about details now, but in a…
Alejandro Jodorowsky Explains How Tarot Cards Can Give You Creative Inspiration
The practice of cartomancy, or divination with cards, dates back several hundred years to at least 14th century Europe, perhaps…