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WHAT WE FOUND
A 19th-century engraving of a man holding a bag labelled Laughing Gas
Anesthesia Was Invented After a Laughing Gas Party
Modern medicine’s most serious invention began as a party trick. One of those origin stories that’s much sillier than you’d expect from something so serious. How it happened. ›
A montage of characters from several of the highest-grossing films of all time
The 63 Films That Have Made $1 Billion
Spider-Man just came within $70 million of a billion in its opening weekend alone. Here’s the full club it’s about to join. See the list. ›
MORE GOOD STUFF
A white colonial house on a lawn above a wooden dock, framed by autumn trees
Six Homes as Old as America
Six houses that were already old when the country was new. The pictures alone are worth it. Take the tour. ›
Smoke rising from a wildfire on a ridge, with two figures on parkland in the foreground
Some Fires Make Their Own Weather
Some fires get big enough to build a storm overhead — and then the storm feeds the fire. We’d never heard of this before, and we doubt you have either. How it works. ›
TOP SHELF
Twenty amazing photographs of Paris from people who actually live there. Thirteen brands making a T-shirt worth owning. And the animals of Chernobyl, forty years into an accidental experiment.
ONE TO FOLLOW
Portrait of Chris Watson in a backwards cap against a plain grey background
@itischriswatson
Bringing back the best era in music. Chris knows his history, and he’ll hand you a dozen forgotten classics for the next long drive.
LAST WORD
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
— ALBERT EINSTEIN