#19th century

Source: Neatorama Nowadays, many global brands understand the need for representation and breaking down stereotypes and prejudice of race and gender among other things. Though controversial ads aren’t as rampant today, some of them are still as blatant as they were back in the 19th century.

Author: Maria Popova / Source: Brain Pickings “I prefer the time of insects to the time of stars,” the Nobel-winning Polish poet Wisława Szymborska wrote in her stunning poem “Possibilities.” And why shouldn’t we? We are, after all, creatures pinned to scales of space and time far closer to those

Growing up many of us dreamed to be treasure hunters, or at least to find a box full of fortune in our backyard. Even though most of us didn’t succeed, there is still a small part of us that wishes we might find something peculiar some day. Well, one man took the Internet to share some pictures of

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama Several 19th century European monarchs married young women who were renowned for their beauty. As they took their place as wives of world leaders, they were all aware of the impression they made upon the public and worked hard to keep up appearances.

Source: Atlas Obscura Opening a bottle of the Japanese soda known as Ramune is almost as complicated as assembling furniture. First, you unwrap the label around the top and remove the accompanying plastic plunger. Then you place the plunger on the unusual seal that sits in the bottle’s neck—a