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In 1248, the people of Cologne, Germany began building their cathedral. They laid the first massive stones of what would become one of the tallest...
On April 26, 2008, Western Oregon softball player Sara Tucholsky hit the first home run of her entire college career — a three-run shot over...
In the summer of 2007, the Boston Celtics assembled three future Hall of Famers — Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett. On paper, they...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final with everything he had trained for on the line. Halfway...
In the Fishlake National Forest of Utah, there stands a grove of quaking aspens that scientists have named Pando — Latin for "I spread." To...
In 1871, Fisk University in Nashville was weeks from closing its doors. The school, founded to educate formerly enslaved men and women, had no money...
Stand close to Georges Seurat's painting *A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte* at the Art Institute of Chicago, and all you...
In the sport of rowing, there is a phenomenon called "the swing." It happens when all eight rowers in a shell fall into such perfect...
In traditional WiFi setups, a single router does all the work. Every device connects to that one box, and if you wander too far —...
In 1772, a young Baptist pastor named John Fawcett faced a decision that would define his ministry. Serving a small, poor congregation in Wainsgate, Yorkshire,...
In E.B. White's *Charlotte's Web*, a young pig named Wilbur faces slaughter until an unlikely friend intervenes. Charlotte, a small gray spider, begins weaving words...
If you have ever struggled with Wi-Fi cutting out in certain rooms, you know the frustration of a dead zone. A single router, no matter...
In 1886, French painter Georges Seurat unveiled *A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte*, a massive canvas nearly seven feet tall and...
Bill Withers grew up in Slab Fork, West Virginia — a coal mining town where families had almost nothing but shared everything. When someone's furnace...
In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, there is a moment at the Council of Elrond when the fate of Middle-earth hangs in the...
In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, the Council of Elrond brings together representatives of every free people of Middle-earth — hobbits, elves, dwarves,...
In 1936, nine young men from the University of Washington did something no one expected. They were loggers' sons, farmhands, and factory workers — nobody's...
In 1930s Oxford, a small group of friends began meeting in C.S. Lewis's rooms at Magdalen College on Thursday evenings. They called themselves the Inklings....
Dr. Paul Brand spent decades treating leprosy patients in India, and what he discovered changed how we understand the disease. Leprosy does not cause fingers...
In 1871, Fisk University in Nashville was weeks from closing its doors. The school, founded for formerly enslaved men and women, had no money left....
In E.B. White's beloved *Charlotte's Web*, a young pig named Wilbur faces a terrible fate — the farmer's axe come winter. What saves him is...
In the fall of 1979, coach Herb Brooks faced a decision that puzzled every hockey expert in America. Selecting the U.S. Olympic roster, he passed...
In 2010, composer Eric Whitacre attempted something no one had tried before. He invited singers from around the world to record themselves performing their individual...