Afflictor: Astounding simians since 2009. (Image by T. W. Wood.)
- Classic DVD: F for Fake (1974)
- New DVD: The Art of the Steal
- Old Print Articles: French lion tamers (1892-1900) + Mad dog bites four people in Chicago (1896) + Women encouraged to blow soap bubbles (1902).
- Featured Videos: Tiny Hong Kong apartment transformed + Super Bowl Pledge of Allegiance (1969) + MacLevy Slenderizing Salons (1945) + Isaac Asimov explains what the Internet will become (1988) + Fisher-Price video camera for kids ad (1987) + Dr. Minx trailer (1975) + Errol Morris makes film for IBM.
- Classic Photos: Woolworth Building rises through the clouds (1928) + Curb brokers work on Wall Street (1920).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Selling vintage monkey fur silk cape + Need Stretch Armstrong doll for music video + Will trade quality massage for gasoline + Smartass needs hot dog cooker + Seeking used diapers.
- Look inside an 1870 guide to Manhattan brothels.
- Thomas Edison predicts life in 2011 back in 1911.
- The Buffalo Beast picks its “50 Most Loathsome Americans.”
- Saloon culture in NYC before the Civil War.
- American citizen operates shadow CIA.
- Postcard arrives in Georgia 52 years after being mailed.
- Troubled baseball stats guru Robert “Vörös” McCracken tries to rebuild his life.
- Celebrating Marshall McLuhan’s 100th birthday.
- Bomb-detecting plants being engineered for airports.
- How the Dead Rabbits, an infamous 1830s New York street gang, got its name.
- China builds an energy efficient railway station.
- How the Green Bay Packers became a nonprofit organization.
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