History Auschwitz asks visitors to stop balancing on rail tracks for photos Rob Beschizza

History Corroborating evidence that Herodotus wrote accurately about a boat Jason Weisberger

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Gadgets Co-inventor of handheld electronic calculator dies Rob Beschizza

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History Restored video of High Street in Marseille, France in 1896 Mark Frauenfelder

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History The Nazis and your privacy Roderick Miller

History Check out this amazing collection of playable spoken word LPs Mark Frauenfelder

History Watch this marvelous animation that summarizes humanity in five minutes David Pescovitz

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History An interactive timeline of race categories in the US Census Cory Doctorow

History A giant wooden model of 1930s San Francisco has been put online Jason Weisberger

happy mutants More videos from our University of Chicago interdisciplinary seminar series: "Censorship and Information Control" Cory Doctorow

music NYC to name streets after Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, and Woody Guthrie David Pescovitz

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