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A woman herds cattle on horseback at Dumbell Ranch in Wyoming

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The Modern Cost of Cattle Rustling

Why the Old West crime is still a multimillion-dollar problem

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Candy Corn Hasn't Changed Since the 19th Century

The Halloween sweet was invented in the 1880s

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Why Do Witch Hunts Still Happen?

Across the globe, witchcraft fears still lead to torture and murder

An expert at work on a painting at the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure

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Inside the Italian Art Hospital That Rescues Old Paintings

A catastrophic flood gave this Florence workshop a new mission

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The Mind-Blowing 'Rain Room' Comes to Los Angeles

This wildly popular installation art creates an indoor storm—but visitors don't get wet

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How 'Bewitched' Helped Salem Embrace Its Grim Past

A popular 1960s sitcom helped the New England town turn witches into big business

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This Haunted House is Actually a Lab for Studying Fear

Get scared for science

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The Hard Labor of Apple Picking

A skilled farm worker can pick six tons of apples a day

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Paris Has a 'Love Lock' Problem

And it's not the only city that wants to get rid of them

Ai Weiwei's "Trace," which used Lego blocks to show political dissidents last year.

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Ai Weiwei Wants Your Legos

The dissident artist needs millions of toy bricks for his next project

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, part 2

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These Brilliant Literary Maps Will Help You Understand Your Favorite Book

A lavishly illustrated atlas for Huckleberry Finn and other classics

Albert Einstein, pondering the mysteries of the universe—or maybe just writing a killer tweet.

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Albert Einstein Has a Social Media Team

How the famed physicist tweets from beyond the grave

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Would You Drink a Cocktail Invented By a Computer?

How IBM's Watson become the world's most creative bartender

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This Norwegian Modern Art Museum Is Also a Bridge

An ingeniously twisted design blends art with infrastructure

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27 Percent of U.S. Adults Didn't Read a Single Book Last Year

This new survey on reading habits isn't all doom and gloom, though

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Sesame Street Just Welcomed Its First Autistic Muppet

“Julia” is geared towards raising awareness and acceptance

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Google Books Isn't Copyright Infringement

A landmark court ruling allows the tech giant digitize library books

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This Giant Van Gogh Painting Is Made of Pumpkins, Watermelons and Squash

How crop artist Stan Herd made an acre-wide ode to "Olive Trees"

Edith Wharton had presumably outgrown her rattle by the time this photo was taken in 1877.

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For Sale: Edith Wharton’s $16,500 Baby Rattle

Fanciest. Teething device. Ever.

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Why Does the Internet Hate Renoir?

A tongue-in-cheek protest movement wants to remove the artist's paintings from museums

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