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The cat, upon learning what her food costs

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Though it is only the fifteenth century, nobody will believe it was the wind that blew it in

Screenshot of four social media comments: users estimate a depth of 60–100 metres from free-fall speed and argue about the difference between speed and acceleration.

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Screenshot of comments on a well's depth and the speed of free fall

A gilded sculpture of a woman in a full skirt tops a column in a fountain lit in blue. Behind it is an illuminated facade with white window frames; granite steps lie in front.

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Turandot fountain lit up at night in front of an orange-facaded building

NB! · Archive · Monarchies · People

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna during her illness in 1910

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Dionysus Slays the Alchemist Who Drew a Shadow out of a Ray of Light

Dionysus slays the alchemist who drew a shadow out of a ray of light. Apollo bears his soul up to the sun. From an alchemical treatise of the 17th century

Black-and-white drawing of a yellow ring with a red eye amid wispy flames. The yellow title The Lord of the Rings runs above; Tolkien and Christopher Lee are named, with credits below.

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Cover of The Lord of the Rings: Complete Songs & Poems, illustrated by Queen Margrethe II

NB! · Architecture · Heritage · New York · Humour

The Statue of Liberty in 1886 and Now

The Statue of Liberty in 1886 and now. Live with that.

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Sit Down, Five

A bearded crowned king sits on a bench holding a lance with a banner showing a horse before a sun disc. A youth before him offers a sword; the scroll reads “Take this sword, my lord”.

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King and a youth offering a sword, in the style of a medieval miniature

Icon-style illustration of a grey-haired haloed saint with a sword facing a crowned skeleton in a black cloak, with a fortress between them.

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Sergey Yukhimov’s illustrations for “The Lord of the Rings” in the 1993 Russian edition

The greatest illustrations to "The Lord of the Rings", 1980-1990, by Sergey Yukhimov. They were published in the 1993 Russian edition

Hall interior with black Corinthian columns, red walls and ceiling beams adorned with gilded griffins; caryatids in the windows and a colonnade open to a garden beyond.

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