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How Did People Wake Up Before Alarm Clocks?

Even though waking up is the least enjoyable event of the day, humans sure have come up with a lot of ways to summon it.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 18, 2017

How Did People Wake Up Before Alarm Clocks?

Even though waking up is the least enjoyable event of the day, humans sure have come up with a lot of ways to summon it.

By All That's Interesting • January 18, 2017

22 Stunning Photos Of Abandoned Factories Given New Life

Factories, grain elevators, warehouses, power plants — reminders of our industrial inheritance are all around us. But what happens to those buildings after the final shift ends and the lights go out for the last time? Sometimes the buildings remain abandoned, left to crumble and sink back into the Earth....

By All That's Interesting • Oct 26, 2016

22 Stunning Photos Of Abandoned Factories Given New Life

Factories, grain elevators, warehouses, power plants — reminders of our industrial inheritance are all around us. But what happens to those buildings after the final shift ends and the lights go out for the last time? Sometimes the buildings remain abandoned, left to crumble and sink back into the Earth....

By All That's Interesting • October 26, 2016

Why Your Office Is Slowly Killing You — And What To Do About It

Work can do more than dampen your spirits -- it can make you physically sick.

By Erin Kelly • Jul 26, 2016

Why Your Office Is Slowly Killing You — And What To Do About It

Work can do more than dampen your spirits -- it can make you physically sick.

By Erin Kelly • July 26, 2016

The Rubik’s Cube: A Brief History Of The Iconic Puzzle

The Rubik’s Cube may have started out as a simple exercise for design students, but it quickly became the best selling puzzle of all time.

By Elisabeth Sherman • Jul 13, 2016

The Rubik’s Cube: A Brief History Of The Iconic Puzzle

The Rubik’s Cube may have started out as a simple exercise for design students, but it quickly became the best selling puzzle of all time.

By Elisabeth Sherman • July 13, 2016

The Surprising History Of High Heels

High heels are more than just shoes: they’ve long been symbols of power, for women and men. About 72 percent of women will wear high heels at some point in their lives. While these shoes have become something of a metonym for femininity itself, you might be surprised to learn...

By Abby Norman • Mar 28, 2016

The Surprising History Of High Heels

High heels are more than just shoes: they’ve long been symbols of power, for women and men. About 72 percent of women will wear high heels at some point in their lives. While these shoes have become something of a metonym for femininity itself, you might be surprised to learn...

By Abby Norman • March 28, 2016

40 Eye-Opening Vintage Public Health Posters From The 1940s

These vintage posters come from a time when syphilis was rampant, and people were expected to eat their eggs and cheese every day.

By Erin Kelly • Mar 16, 2016

40 Eye-Opening Vintage Public Health Posters From The 1940s

These vintage posters come from a time when syphilis was rampant, and people were expected to eat their eggs and cheese every day.

By Erin Kelly • March 16, 2016

Taking The High Ground: How Some Countries Are Preparing For Global Warming

Governments and communities all over the world are preparing for global warming. Here are some of the things they're doing to get ready for a very different world.

By Richard Stockton • Mar 10, 2016

Taking The High Ground: How Some Countries Are Preparing For Global Warming

Governments and communities all over the world are preparing for global warming. Here are some of the things they're doing to get ready for a very different world.

By Richard Stockton • March 10, 2016

25 Bizarre But Beautiful Communist-Era Posters For Oscar-Worthy Hollywood Movies

The stark, often surreal portrayals of Hollywood’s most beloved films revealed a startling — and intentional — divide between the East and West.

By All That's Interesting • Feb 27, 2016

25 Bizarre But Beautiful Communist-Era Posters For Oscar-Worthy Hollywood Movies

The stark, often surreal portrayals of Hollywood’s most beloved films revealed a startling — and intentional — divide between the East and West.

By All That's Interesting • February 27, 2016

Inside The Tiny Houses This Oakland Artist Is Using To Fight Homelessness

American homelessness is on the decline, and we can credit much of that success to housing innovators like Oakland's Gregory Kloehn.

By Briana Jones • Feb 22, 2016

Inside The Tiny Houses This Oakland Artist Is Using To Fight Homelessness

American homelessness is on the decline, and we can credit much of that success to housing innovators like Oakland's Gregory Kloehn.

By Briana Jones • February 22, 2016

33 Stunning Photos Of Old Penn Station, Once An Architectural Marvel Before It Was Demolished

Its overcrowded tunnels make it difficult to imagine but the old Penn Station was America's most treasured train station. Now, New York wants to bring it back.

By Nickolaus Hines • Feb 17, 2016

33 Stunning Photos Of Old Penn Station, Once An Architectural Marvel Before It Was Demolished

Its overcrowded tunnels make it difficult to imagine but the old Penn Station was America's most treasured train station. Now, New York wants to bring it back.

By Nickolaus Hines • February 17, 2016