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Winston Churchill in the nude: not a pleasant image.
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Many of Shakespeare’s iconic plays feature risqué humor, with crude jokes hidden throughout his works.
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No one knows when, exactly, parents began terrifying their children with the prospect of a post-lunch drowning. But there are a few theories as to why.
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More from our archives: http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection The British Council Film Collection is an archive of more than 120 sho...
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"The city of San Francisco, this pretentious fishing village, has never respected its own heritage or history."Back then, thousands of peopl...
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Bunker 599 was one of 700, but now stands alone after being cut down the middle and turned into a unique and artful war memorial.
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Englishman Edward Quin’s 1830 atlas, Historical Atlas in a Series of Maps of the World as Known at Different Periods, with an Historical Narrative, featured 21 plates that visually depicted what Quin called “the world as known at different... Via Seth Dixon 
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
January 17, 2014 9:05 AM
The "known" world is a very slippery, problematic concept. What is known to some is not known to others and this establishes a Meditterranean 'core' area as the heart of the known world. Nonetheless, this is still a fascinating GIF that shows the expansion of exploration and globalization. 
Leoncio Lopez-Ocon's curator insight,
January 22, 2014 3:10 PM
Visualización de 21 láminas de un atlas histórico inglés de 1830
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Tens of thousands displaced by violence that erupted in South Sudan's capital Juba in mid-December Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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About 5 hours ago, a woman named Amanda Traver was flying into LaGuardia airport, like so many other travelers. As her plane descended, New York (and much of the eastern seaboard) was fogged in, as you can see in the Weather Channel map below: ... Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks |
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In the freezing far northern reaches of Europe live an indigenous, semi-nomadic people of fishermen, fur trappers and reindeer herders. Like a thin but stubborn sheet of ice, these people have inhabited Sápmi, a large but sparsely populated area covering parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia’s Kola Peninsula for thousands of years. They remained closely tied to nature throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, as their clothes, dwellings and other trappings of culture bear witness – here beautifully frozen in film. These people are the Sámi.
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It's been more than 60 years since we learned about the double helix structure of DNA, the code inside living cells that controls the building blocks and functions -and even the length- of life. That shape is very important, but it's also pretty. Artists all over the world have taken that attractive structure and created artworks with it, as a tribute to science and as something wonderful to see.
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Whether or not you're a fan of shopping at the House that Sam Walton Built, you've got to admit that the store stocks just about everything. But not quite, though.
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Most people are probably more concerned with how much money is saved in their piggy bank rather than wondering why exactly we save our spare coins in pig-shaped containers. But how did those containers get that shape?
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Classical music seems to have a reputation for being straight-laced, stuffy, and obsessed with rules. But over the centuries, hundreds of composers have tested the boundaries of musical expression in strange and unique ways.
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-english-evolve-kate-gardoqui What is the difference between "a hearty welcome" and "a cordial reception"?...
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In 1838, a French pastry chef living near Mexico City claimed that Mexican army officers had ransacked his bakery. When his demand for reimbursement was ignored, he appealed to King Louis-Phillipe, who was already irked at Mexico for defaulting on loans from France. The whole thing escalated rather quickly, and retired Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna came out of retirement to fight for his country’s honor. His ankle was shattered by cannon fire during battle; consequently, most of his leg had to be amputated.
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White dunes roll away into the distance like giant snow drifts; then lightning flashes, illuminating the silvery peaks, so that momentarily they seem to glow. However, despite appearances, snow here is unlikely. This is the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, and what we see are granules of gypsum piled up in waves across the landscape. White Sands is, in fact, part of the biggest gypsum dune field on the planet. It’s an incredible sight at any time but is made doubly stunning during a lightning storm.
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Examinations of airborne scans of three New England towns revealed networks of old stone walls, building foundations, old roads, dams and other features, many of which long were forgotten. Via Derek Davey 
Elizabeth Otis's curator insight,
January 17, 2014 6:41 PM
It is amazing that something that is so large has been right under people's noses and they did not even realize it. I guess that it might be one of those things that can only be noticed fully if people are very high up. I guess people who were looking at it on the groud had no idea what they were looking at.
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"This is a set of 13 map-based lessons developed by the Virginia Geographic Alliance. These lessons are designed to show how ancient world history (before 1500 A.D.) was influenced by geographic factors." Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
January 14, 2014 3:15 PM
This is a great set of map-based lessons that used layered PDFs that teachers can download to simulate GIS layers without needing any GIS software of technical know-how.
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"The U.S. didn't even make the top 20, even though it has the greatest abundance of cheap food.". But cheap doesn't equal good!! Check out the list! Via Allison Anthony 
Valentina González Tapiero's curator insight,
January 15, 2014 10:04 PM
estos son los alimentos que nutren nuestro planeta. |
