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  60 Free Film Noir Movies. Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, Humphrey Bogart, Billy Wilder and more https://www.openculture.com/free_film_noir_movies

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  The Megaprojects That Even the Ancient Romans Couldn’t Pull Off: Rerouting the Tiber, Digging a Canal, and More https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/the-megaprojects-even-the-ancient-romans-couldnt-pull-off.html

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  Soviet-Era Illustrations of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (1976) https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/soviet-era-illustrations-of-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-hobbit-1976.html

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  Watch “The Midnight Parasites,” a Surreal Japanese Animation Set in the World of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights (1972) https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/a-surreal-japanese-animation-set-in-the-world-of-hieronymus-boschs-the-garden-of-earthly-delights.html

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  Why Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur & Other Hollywood Classics Still Look So Good https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/why-cleopatra-lawrence-of-arabia-ben-hur-other-hollywood-classics-still-look-so-good.html

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  The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death: 19 Theories on What Caused the Poet’s Demise https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/the-mystery-of-edgar-allan-poes-death-19-theories.html

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  David Byrne’s New Book Explores the Strange Afterlife of Good Ideas: From Vermeer’s Paintings to Roman Concrete & Dark Matter https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/david-byrnes-new-book-explores-the-strange-afterlife-of-good-ideas.html

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  When a Cat Co-Authored a Paper in a Leading Physics Journal (1975) https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/when-a-cat-co-authored-a-paper-in-a-leading-physics-journal.html

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  The Original Star Wars Trilogy Adapted into a 14-Hour Radio Drama by NPR (1981–1996) https://www.openculture.com/2020/05/the-original-star-wars-trilogy-adapted-into-a-14-hour-radio-drama-by-npr-1981-1996.html

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  Iggy Pop Reads Edgar Allan Poe’s Classic Horror Story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” https://www.openculture.com/2015/08/iggy-pop-reads-edgar-allan-poes-classic-horror-story-the-tell-tale-heart.html

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  The Dark Story Behind Edgar Allan Poe’s Most Famous Photograph, Taken Four Days After a Laudanum Overdose https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/the-dark-story-behind-edgar-allan-poes-most-famous-photograph.html

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  Hear How Clare Torry’s Vocals on Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky” Made the Song Go from Pretty Good to Downright Great https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/how-clare-torry-made-gig-in-the-sky-great.html

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  Doctor Who’s Tom Baker Plays Douglas Adams’ Digital “Agent” in the AI-Predicting Hyperland (1990) https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/doctor-whos-tom-baker-plays-douglas-adams.html

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  Hear How Clare Torry’s Vocals on Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky” Made the Song Go from Pretty Good to Downright Great https://www.openculture.com/?p=1128610

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  In 1897, London’s Lampposts Dispensed Hot Coffee, Tea, and “Fluid Beef” https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/in-1897-londons-lampposts-dispensed-hot-coffee-tea-and-fluid-beef.html

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  Sears Sold 75,000 DIY Mail Order Homes Between 1908 and 1939, and Transformed American Life https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/sears-sold-75000-diy-mail-order-homes-transformed-american-life.html

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  Hear Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Performed in Classical Latin https://www.openculture.com/2024/03/hear-nirvanas-smells-like-teen-spirit-performed-in-classical-latin.html

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  What Ancient Latin Sounded Like, And How We Know It https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/what-ancient-latin-sounded-like-how-we-know-it.html

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  Watch Rome Rise, Fall, and Rise Again in a Three-Minute 3D Timelapse https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/watch-rome-rise-fall-and-rise-again-in-a-three-minute-3d-timelapse.html

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  An Entire Ancient Greek Philosophical Treatise Burned by Mount Vesuvius Has Been Deciphered with X‑Ray and AI Technologies https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/an-entire-ancient-greek-philosophical-treatise-burned-by-mount-vesuvius-has-been-deciphered-with-x-ray-and-ai-technologies.html

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  The Names of Nearly 4 Million Enslaved People in Former British Colonies Are Now Searchable Online, Helping Descendants Find Lost Ancestors https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/names-of-nearly-4-million-enslaved-people-in-former-british-colonies-are-searchable-online.html

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  Watch the First Spectacular Film Adaptation of the Odyssey (1911) https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/watch-the-first-spectacular-film-adaptation-of-the-odyssey-1911.html

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  Carl Sagan Predicts the Decline of America: Unable to Know “What’s True,” We Will Slide, “Without Noticing, Back into Superstition & Darkness” (1995) https://www.openculture.com/2025/02/carl-sagan-predicts-the-decline-of-america-unable-to-know-whats-true.html

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  Discover the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with “Purposeful Stupidity” (1944) https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/the-cias-simple-sabotage-field-manual.html

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  How to Memorize an Entire Chapter from “Moby Dick”: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/how-to-memorize-an-entire-chapter-from-moby-dick.html

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  Listen to 4+ Hours of Jazz & Classical Music from Haruki Murakami’s Novels https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/listen-to-4-hours-of-jazz-classical-music-from-haruki-murakamis-novels.html

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  Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in 25,000-Year-Old Teeth https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/scientists-discover-the-earliest-evidence-of-drug-use-in-25000-year-old-teeth.html

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  “Evil Mickey Mouse” Invades Japan in a 1934 Japanese Anime Propaganda Film https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/evil-mickey-mouse-japanese-anime-propaganda-film.html

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  Download Hundreds of Issues of Jugend, Germany’s Pioneering Art Nouveau Magazine (1896–1940) https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/download-hundreds-of-issues-of-jugend-germanys-pioneering-art-nouveau-magazine.html

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  Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See You wouldn't want to share it or anything :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE9LrGpNk