6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1091+ words) Arguably the most well-known tattoo within the hip-hop community, Tupac Shakur’s “Thug Life” tattoo was ink etched onto his abdomen in 1993. The word itself is tattooed diagonally across his stomach, with the “I” being represented by a bullet. His audacious…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1140+ words) Arguably the most well-known tattoo within the hip-hop community, Tupac Shakur’s “Thug Life” tattoo was ink etched onto his abdomen in 1993. The word itself is tattooed diagonally across his stomach, with the “I” being represented by a bullet. His audacious…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (387+ words) During World War II, the British government issued specialized gas respirators designed specifically to protect babies from potential chemical attacks. These bulky, enclosed steel-and-rubber helmets required adults to manually pump air inside to keep the infants safe and breathing. During…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (771+ words) It’s one of Chicago’s best-known modern sculptures, carved from stainless steel with a smooth, highly-reflective, mirror-like finish which perfectly reflects the surrounding city and sky. Like its nickname, ‘The Bean’, its form is distinctive due to its enormous size, the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (233+ words) Watterson also drew heavily on classic cartooning traditions while developing a visual style that could make a backyard snowman adventure feel almost cinematic. Here are 12 fascinating secrets behind Calvin and Hobbes that reveal just how carefully Bill Watterson built one…...