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Behold Harry Clarke’s Hallucinatory Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe’s Story Collection, Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1923)

https://www.openculture.com/2025/02/behold-harry-clarkes-hallucinatory-illustrations-for-edgar-allan-poes-story-collection-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-1923.html

1,500 Paintings & Drawings by Vincent van Gogh Have Been Digitized & Put Online.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/1500-paintings-drawings-by-vincent-van-gogh-have-been-digitized-put-online.html

Why Hasn’t the Pantheon’s Dome Collapsed?: How the Romans Engineered the Dome to Last 19 Centuries and Counting

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/why-hasnt-the-pantheons-dome-collapsed.html

A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years

https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/a-visualization-of-the-history-of-technology-1889-innovations-across-three-million-years.html

How Four Masters—Michelangelo, Donatello, Verrocchio & Bernini—Sculpted David

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/how-four-masters-michelangelo-donatello-verrocchio-bernini-sculpted-david.html

Frederick Douglass’s Fiery 1852 Speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro,” Read by James Earl Jones

https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/frederick-douglasss-fiery-1852-speech-the-meaning-of-july-4th-for-the-negro-read-by-james-earl-jones.html

Igor Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944)

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/igor-stravinskys-illegal-arrangement-of-the-star-spangled-banner.html

Watch 82-Year-Old Igor Stravinsky Conduct The Firebird, the Ballet Masterpiece That First Made Him Famous (1965)

https://www.openculture.com/2016/05/watch-82-year-old-igor-stravinsky-conduct-the-firebird-the-ballet-masterpiece-that-first-made-him-famous-1965.html

Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/neil-degrasse-tyson-lists-8-free-books-every-intelligent-person-should-read.html

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See Japanese Musicians Play “Amazing Grace” with 273 Theremins Placed Inside Matryoshka Dolls–Then Learn How They Perform Their Magic

https://www.openculture.com/2017/03/japanese-musicians-play-amazing-grace-with-273-theremins-placed-inside-matryoshka-dolls.html