via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
March 1909. Hartford, Conn.
“Newsgirls waiting for papers. Largest girl, Alice Goldman, has been selling for 4 years. Newsdealer says she uses viler language than the newsboys do. Bessie Goldman and Bessie Brownstein are 9 years old and have been selling about one year. All sell until 7 or 7:30 p.m.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee
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Great mistakes in English medieval architecture
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
The great cathedrals and palaces of medieval England were designed by people who made it up as they went along, and often discovered midway through a multigenerational project that they’d run out of space for an arch, or designed a building that couldn’t hold up its own ceiling.
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
It’s said that fairy tales at are the roots of fiction. Probably so. But scholars can’t even agree on what constitutes a fairy tale… more
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Marijuana-Smoking Couples Are More Peaceful Toward Each Other
via Big Think by Orion Jones
After following 634 couples over nine years, researchers at the University of Buffalo found that partners who smoked marijuana together were consistently less violent toward each other. In fact, husbands and wives who smoked together had the lowest rate of intimate partner violence.
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The cave monasteries of India
via Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza
“As startling as Petra,” writes William Dalrymple, “but completely overlooked by tourists.” [Financial Times]
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
How does aesthetics affect history? In spurts that look forward, as well as backward. Take rock ‘n’ roll…more
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Words That People Get Mixed Up
via Killer Web Directory
Here I have a useful infographic from the UK transcription website called Fingertips Typing Services all about words that people commonly get mixed up. Learn about the difference between affect and effect, your and you're and plenty more.
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50 Years of Visionary Sci-Fi Computer Interfaces
via Stephen’s Lighthouse by Stephen Abram
You just have to look at this at full size
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
How did Leo Tolstoy, a writer of such psychological sophistication, succumb to the charms of a third-rate con man like Vladimir Chertkov?… more
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3,000 Year-Old "Street Art": The Petroglyphs of Gobustan, Azerbaijan
via Big Think by Robert Montenegro
This photo was snapped by Walter Callens at Gobustan (sometimes written as "Quobustan") in Azerbaijan.
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Settled since the 8th millennium BC, the area contains thousands of rock engravings spread over 100 square km depicting hunting scenes, people, ships, constellations, animals, etc. Qobustan's consecration in the world stage arrived in 2007, when UNESCO included the 'Qobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape' in the World Heritage list.Continue reading
The oldest petroglyphs date from the 12th century BC. Later, the European invaders also left their marks: inscriptions left by Alexander the Great's cohorts in the 4th century BC and 2,000-year-old graffiti written by Trajan's Roman legionnaires!
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