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Why did past societies build so much "useless" beauty everywhere โ and why did we stop? It might be a measure of a culture's health... (thread) ๐งต https://t.co/nAGC31zyzl
When Julius Caesar was assassinated, it wasn't by a lone attacker โ it was a group of his rivals in the Senate. Why? Because they feared his growing popularity with the common peo...
Heaven is made up of 9 levels. 700 years ago, a poet described what it's like to climb them โ and what kind of person lands at each level. Here's what he finds at the very top......
In 1963, a man noticed his chickens disappearing through a hole in his basement. He knocked through the wall, revealing what is hard to believe: a 20,000-person city, deep below g...
Exactly 4 years ago, the Hagia Sophia was converted to a mosque. But 1,500 years ago, it was built to be the greatest church the world had ever seen. Today it looks quite differe...
The world's (second) oldest Christian country is not in the Middle East or Europe โ it's Ethiopia. There are centuries-old churches there that most people don't know about. These...
You've seen this before: Mont-Saint-Michel โ the Wonder of the Western World. But did you know it has a twin, 200 miles away, also named after St. Michael? That's where things ge...
This is what American cities looked like a century ago (and what happened to them)... ๐งต 1. Saratoga Springs, New York (1915) https://t.co/fcFqXLht3L
A thread of astonishing details (and anatomical accuracies) in sculpture ๐งต 1. The imprint of Pluto's hand on the thigh of Proserpina... https://t.co/MX9VNWeDXC
What do biblical angels actually look like? Well, there are 9 different types โ the lowest-ranked angels are the most human-looking. After that, things get weirdโฆ (thread) ๐งต http...
Why is everywhere in America starting to lose its identity? It's mostly because of one thing โ scale... (thread) ๐งต https://t.co/SGbWcDNMOs
What are the best-preserved wonders of Ancient Egypt besides the pyramids? First, there's this 2,000-year-old temple โ celestial carvings cover every inch of its ceiling. And tha...