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30 “Persuasive” Maps That Attempted To Change History

Every map assumes a point of view. Not just in the Mercator vs. equirectangular sense, where, for example, Greenland’s girth is famously either greatly exaggerated or diminished, depending on how the globe is stretched and flattened. There’s also the point of view that comes when the inherent authority of a...

By Kellen Perry • Jun 8, 2017

30 “Persuasive” Maps That Attempted To Change History

Every map assumes a point of view. Not just in the Mercator vs. equirectangular sense, where, for example, Greenland’s girth is famously either greatly exaggerated or diminished, depending on how the globe is stretched and flattened. There’s also the point of view that comes when the inherent authority of a...

By Kellen Perry • June 8, 2017

How One Child’s Murder Helped Launch The Anti-Defamation League

Mary Phagan was just 12 years old when she was found dead in a factory. The hate speech her case incited would help launch an organization meant to combat it.

By Krissy Howard • Jun 7, 2017

How One Child’s Murder Helped Launch The Anti-Defamation League

Mary Phagan was just 12 years old when she was found dead in a factory. The hate speech her case incited would help launch an organization meant to combat it.

By Krissy Howard • June 7, 2017

Alabama Is The Only State Still Celebrating The Confederacy With Jefferson Davis Day

Despite a national move away from celebrating Confederate figures, Alabama insists on continuing celebrations of the men who led the South.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 5, 2017

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Alabama Is The Only State Still Celebrating The Confederacy With Jefferson Davis Day

Despite a national move away from celebrating Confederate figures, Alabama insists on continuing celebrations of the men who led the South.

By All That's Interesting • June 5, 2017

33 Vintage Photos Of Antarctica’s Frozen Hellscape

During the golden age of Antarctic expeditions, men risked their lives in this frozen wasteland — and brought back some incredible photos.

By Mark Oliver • Jun 2, 2017

33 Vintage Photos Of Antarctica’s Frozen Hellscape

During the golden age of Antarctic expeditions, men risked their lives in this frozen wasteland — and brought back some incredible photos.

By Mark Oliver • June 2, 2017

This Week In History, May 28 – June 3

New Tiananmen Square photos, uncovered WWII bombers, Hemingway's love letters, Australia's faceless fish, Earth's mass extinction event.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 2, 2017

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This Week In History, May 28 – June 3

New Tiananmen Square photos, uncovered WWII bombers, Hemingway's love letters, Australia's faceless fish, Earth's mass extinction event.

By All That's Interesting • June 2, 2017

The African-American Experience Visualized At The Turn Of The 20th Century

“It’s like coming across a clearing in the jungle.” Those are the words used by data journalist David McCandless when discussing the value and effect of data visualizations in a 2010 TED Talk. In a world where it’s easy to feel that we’re “all suffering from information overload or data...

By All That's Interesting • Jun 1, 2017

The African-American Experience Visualized At The Turn Of The 20th Century

“It’s like coming across a clearing in the jungle.” Those are the words used by data journalist David McCandless when discussing the value and effect of data visualizations in a 2010 TED Talk. In a world where it’s easy to feel that we’re “all suffering from information overload or data...

By All That's Interesting • June 1, 2017

Haunting Photos From One Of The Most Horrific Looking Human Experiments Ever Conducted

Whether you know it or not, you have given plenty of Duchenne smiles throughout your life. They are, after all, the most joyous and genuine kind of smile. What sets the Duchenne smile apart from the other kinds is not in the mouth, but instead in the eyes. While a...

By John Kuroski • Jun 1, 2017

Haunting Photos From One Of The Most Horrific Looking Human Experiments Ever Conducted

Whether you know it or not, you have given plenty of Duchenne smiles throughout your life. They are, after all, the most joyous and genuine kind of smile. What sets the Duchenne smile apart from the other kinds is not in the mouth, but instead in the eyes. While a...

By John Kuroski • June 1, 2017

Hemingway’s Rediscovered Letters to his High School Crush Reveal a New Side to the Macho Author

Letters from a 19-year-old Hemingway show the future Nobel laureate trying to make a girl jealous.

By All That's Interesting • May 31, 2017

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Hemingway’s Rediscovered Letters to his High School Crush Reveal a New Side to the Macho Author

Letters from a 19-year-old Hemingway show the future Nobel laureate trying to make a girl jealous.

By All That's Interesting • May 31, 2017

The Changing Face Of America’s Immigration Laws

Immigration has been a contentious issue for the United States from its earliest days. All along, opposing forces have pulled government policy in different directions to create the system we have today.

By Richard Stockton • May 31, 2017

The Changing Face Of America’s Immigration Laws

Immigration has been a contentious issue for the United States from its earliest days. All along, opposing forces have pulled government policy in different directions to create the system we have today.

By Richard Stockton • May 31, 2017

28 Photos Of L. Ron Hubbard And The Birth Of Scientology

In the pulp-printed pages of a May 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard published, for the first time, a work that would one day grow into an entire religion: Dianetics. There, creased between space adventures and tales of alien invasion, were the pages that gave birth to...

By Mark Oliver • May 30, 2017

28 Photos Of L. Ron Hubbard And The Birth Of Scientology

In the pulp-printed pages of a May 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard published, for the first time, a work that would one day grow into an entire religion: Dianetics. There, creased between space adventures and tales of alien invasion, were the pages that gave birth to...

By Mark Oliver • May 30, 2017