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fromOpen Culture
3 months ago

Watch the Evolution of Paris Unfold in a Timelapse Video, from 300 BCE to 2025

Though it's eas­i­ly for­got­ten in our age of air trav­el and instan­ta­neous glob­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion, many a great city is locat­ed where it is because of a riv­er. That holds true every­where from Lon­don to Buenos Aires to Tokyo to New York - and even to Los Ange­les, despite its own once-uncon­trol­lable riv­er hav­ing long since been turned into a much-ridiculed con­crete drainage chan­nel.
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fromInsideHook
4 months ago

The Pandemic Changed the Shape of Birds' Beaks

Dark-eyed juncos near UCLA developed beak shapes resembling wildland birds during COVID lockdowns when human food waste declined, then reverted after restrictions lifted.
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fromBrooklyn Eagle
10 months ago

How Bath Beach got its name

Bath Beach has a rich history tied to early settlement, African American community origins, and significant socio-economic changes influenced by transportation.
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