History This 1915 ice cream ad told Americans to eat ice cream for their health Popkin

History The best-preserved ancient human ever found had 130 melon seeds in her stomach Ellsworth Toohey

History 18th-century Brits installed real hermits in their gardens as ornamental features Ellsworth Toohey

History The folklore behind lone chimneys left standing in Appalachia Popkin

Science Rembrandt copy was copied by the master himself Rob Beschizza

History Faber Birren painted his bedroom red to see if it would drive him mad, then designed the colors of the nuclear age Ellsworth Toohey

History Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is built entirely from black lava stone Popkin

Science Counting sheep to fall asleep traces back to at least the 12th century Ellsworth Toohey

Science Hidden for 4,500 years: a sealed corridor in the Great Pyramid Ellsworth Toohey

music The first recording of computer music was playing at the wrong pitch for decades Ellsworth Toohey

art A painting kicked out of Rembrandt's catalog in 1960 just got kicked back in Ellsworth Toohey

art Museum of Sex exhibit showcases 300 objects from American cults and communes Mark Frauenfelder

Science Scholar discovers handwritten notes by Galileo in old math text book Séamus Bellamy

art Victorian girl's sketchbook turns her cat Mouton into a playful fantasy hero Popkin

Science The War Department's 1944 guide to FM radio is still a great explainer Ellsworth Toohey

books New book collects the weirdest forgotten stories of printing history Ellsworth Toohey

politics Judge cites Orwell's 1984, orders Trump to restore slavery exhibit Ellsworth Toohey

Games List of games with chroma-keyed actors addressing the player Rob Beschizza

art Robert Tinney, who painted iconic Byte magazine covers, RIP Ellsworth Toohey

History Thus spake whippersnapper: kids using old-timey terms again Rob Beschizza