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Vintage slides give an etiquette lesson to obnoxious silent movie audiences
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Two new studies indicate that thoughts about death can influence how we perceive art
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Clumsy curators won’t admit who’s behind the irreparable repair
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One man’s doorstop is another man’s rare, ancient artifact
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The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings
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In 2012, famers reported more than 2 million goats living in the U.S.
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A South London gallery is asking its patrons to identify the fake in order to spark discussion about how and why we appreciate the art
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George Van Tassel believed he could communicate with aliens
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Marian Anderson performed as the fortuneteller Ulrica in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera
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California grows 80 percent of the world’s almonds, for now
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New York City's Pure Visions Arts provides an art and exhibition space for around 40 creative people with autism
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The original dish didn’t use black-eyed peas, plus the rice and bacon you have is probably wrong
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Billions of dollars worth of "gift returns" are actually stolen goods
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The most searched for artists, according to one website, run the gamut from classic masters to Duck Stamp contest winners
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If the president adopts them, however, the seventh sons are spared from their werewolf fate
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Stars aren't diamonds at all—they're giant balls of gas
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Called Tió de Nadal, the log is decorated with a smiling face and fed until Christmas, but that’s not the strangest part of the tradition
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There wasn't much CBS executives liked about the Christmas special
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Skating rinks are already open for fewer days in the year than they were just a decade ago
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