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Theodore Roosevelt | Doomscroll Buster
The sickly boy who lost everything in one day, and refused to quit.
Oct 28
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Bernini at 20 | Doomscroll Buster
As Europe slid into the Thirty Years' War, a young sculptor carved a son carrying his father out of a burning city.
Oct 28
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Alphonse Mucha | Doomscroll Buster
A struggling artist got a rush poster job on Christmas 1894 and became the face of Art Nouveau.
Oct 28
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Art Deco | Doomscroll Buster
In 1925, Le Corbusier said modern design should have no decoration. The world chose beauty anyway.
Oct 28
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The Decameron | Doomscroll Buster
In 1348 the Black Death hit Florence. Boccaccio's storytellers banned bad news and told stories instead.
Oct 27
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Thermopylae | Doomscroll Buster
A few thousand Greeks held a narrow pass against the Persian Empire, and the story still inspires 2,500 years later.
Oct 27
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Soviet Bus Stops | Doomscroll Buster
In one of history's grayest regimes, local artists turned roadside shelters into works of art.
Oct 27
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Joseph Pickett
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The Vatican Graffiti | Doomscroll Buster
In 1527, soldiers sacking Rome scratched "LUTHER" into a Raphael. The painting survived them.
Oct 27
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Joseph Pickett
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St. Petersburg | Doomscroll Buster
Built on a swamp, starved by an 872-day siege, and still one of the most beautiful cities on earth.
Oct 27
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The Pantheon | Doomscroll Buster
Burned and struck by lightning, then rebuilt into a dome that has stood for nearly 1,900 years.
Oct 27
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East of Eden | Doomscroll Buster
One Hebrew word that says your future isn't written yet.
Oct 27
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Joseph Pickett
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Tolkien at the Somme | Doomscroll Buster
He survived the bloodiest battle in British history, then wrote Middle-earth.
Oct 27
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