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Discover Fascinating Facts About Art: History, Design & Hidden Gems

Painting by Thomas Eakins: The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)

Art

The Painter Who Made America Look Twice

Thomas Eakins shocked 19th-century audiences with brutally honest realism and a passion for anatomy that pushed art into modern territory.

Photo of Leopold Zborowski and a group of friends outside Cafe de la Rotunde, Paris 1924

Famous Artists

Why Paris Became the Center of the Art World

How one city pulled together painters, writers, and thinkers who changed modern culture.

Photograph from National Park Service to illustrate the idea of Laurel Canyon

Music

How One Quiet Canyon Shaped Modern Acoustic Music

A small Los Angeles neighborhood became the unlikely crossroads of folk, rock, and the entire 1970s “California sound.”

Photo of Donna Reed, James Stewart and Karolyn Grimes in the classic Christmas move "It's a Wonderful Life"

Movies

Hollywood Once Used Painted Cornflakes for Snow, Then Came This

Photograph of historic narrow buildings on a canal in Amsterdam

Architecture

Homes That Outsmarted the Tax Collector

Photograph of people waiting outside of Warner's movie theater

Movies

Why We Call It the Box Office

Painting of A Young Woman  at her Toilet with a Maid from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion

Why Do Men’s and Women’s Shirts Button Opposite Ways?

Sports

Why the Marathon Is 26 Miles and 385 Yards

Photo of René Lacoste wearing crocodile logon on clothing

Sports

How a Crocodile Became a Fashion Icon

Image of the movie poster from Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds."

Movies

The Real-Life Bird Attack That Inspired Alfred Hitchcock

Photo of ballet dancers

Music

The Nutcracker Almost Was A Flop

Movie poster of 1938 movie 'Test Pilot' featuring Spencer Tracey, Clark Gable, and Myrna Loy

Movies

What the Hays Code Wouldn't Let You See

Fashion

Understanding Why Luxury Costs So Much

Blurred Image of Person representing anonymity

Art

Banksy: The Anonymous World-Famous Artist

Vintage Illustration of a Man Watching a vintage TV

Television

The Most Important TV Invention You Never Saw

Photo of boy on a swing in the mountains

Sports

Kiiking: Estonia's Extreme Swinging Sport

Photo of Clark Gable with Vivien Leigh from the movie "Gone With the Wind"

Celebrities

Clark Gable: 10 Classic Facts About the King of Hollywood

Photograph of Katharine Hepburn, the actress who won 4 Academy Awards and earned 12 nominations, more than any other actor in Oscar history.

Movies

Hollywood Royalty: What Actor/Actress Has the Most Oscars?

Katherine Hepburn's Untouchable Record

Cristiano Ronaldo in his soccer uniform during a match, later engaged to Georgina Rodríguez with a 35-carat diamond ring.

Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo's 35-Carat 'Yes'

Gold Epaulets from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion

Epaulets: When Uniforms Got Fancy

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