Lots of iconic stuff is adapted from other iconic stuff – Jaws the movie from “Jaws” the novel, the Pirates Of The Caribbean skeleton…
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It’s often been said that songs are largely driven by emotion rather than meaning or complexity of the music. This certainly would…
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The Giza Pyramids were constructed about 4,500 years ago. As breathtaking as these monuments are, they are not the oldest. Other archaeological…
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In the Marvel universe there’s something called the “strength scale”, against which all heroes are measured and ranked in terms of their “raw…
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Even though it’s been going on two centuries since Robert Cornelius took both the first photographic portrait and first selfie in 1839,…
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Animals are known for getting in all kinds of scrapes. But when it comes to zoo animals, their adventures tend to be…
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Nowadays we take colors for granted, but historically they’ve been hard to come by. Pigment-makers have long gone to great lengths to…
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Every film fan has fallen into the trap of buying that a venerated classic must be a mentally stimulating, if not highly…
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Have you ever felt guilty for something? You might have thought it was illegal, but it 100% wasn’t. Sometimes we feel weird…
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Science fiction author Ray Bradbury said, “Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it’s the history of…