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The Most Popular Colors Around the World, Mapped
What's your country's favorite color?
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$260M Plan to Resurrect Ancient Wonder of the World Aims to Save Greek Island's Economy
The Colossus of Rhodes, destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE, may soon rise again, redesigned and totally tricked out for the 21st century.
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US Presidential Hopeful Ben Carson Bizarrely Believes Egyptian Pyramids Were Grain Silos
The Presidential race isn't exactly a showcase of the best and brightest in US society, but Republican candidate Ben Carson hit a new intellectual low with his claim that the ancient pyramids of Egypt were used to store grain.
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Oh Shit! British Royal Collection Finds Pooper Hidden in 17th-Century Painting
It turns out that Isack van Ostade’s “A Village Fair With a Church Behind” (1643) — as the painting was perhaps cheekily titled — shows a man with his pants down relieving himself in the middle of a busy street.
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A Reason to Headbang: Finland Makes National Emojis
The country has developed more than 30 emojis that function as advertisements for all the things that make Finland unique.
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How DNA Technology Could Help Prevent Art Fraud
i2M Standards is in the process of developing synthetic DNA labels that will be added to the works of prominent artists, serving as a kind of fingerprint or serial number and offering proof of authenticity.
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Jeb Bush to Hold "Pop Art" Fundraiser at "Trendy" Art Basel Miami Beach
According to a 112-page internal document recently leaked from the Jeb Bush campaign, the Florida governor and Presidential hopeful is planning a pop art–themed fundraising event at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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Micro-very-very-soft: Audio Lab Crowned World’s Quietest Place
What do you hear in the quietest place on Earth?
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"David" and "Venus de Milo" Action Figures Put Art History in Motion
Have you ever wondered what Michelangelo's "David" would look like if it were kneeling and giving a thumbs up, like a wide receiver who just scored a touchdown?
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Rejoice! The Red (Paint) Scare Is Over in Europe
Artists and paintmakers can breathe a little easier now that the European Union has officially thrown out Sweden's baffling proposal to ban cadmium pigment from paint.
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The Obamas Give the White House a Modern Art Makeover
Since John Adams first took up residence there in 1800, the White House has been adorned with a relatively safe, traditional collection of art.
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The Car of the Future Could Be a Mirrored Minimalist Sculpture
Silicon Valley is convinced that self-driving cars are the future of transport, and that in a few decades, we'll look back at the vehicles of today — massive hunks of glass and metal hurtling around, powered by dumb humans — with disbelief.