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The Prime Minister seated at his desk in the No 10 Annexe Map Room, May 1945.

How the Darkest Hour Filmmakers Recreated Winston Churchill’s Secret Underground War Rooms

How the talented team behind Joe Wright's new film used research and ingenuity to recreate the Churchill War Rooms.

Declared Dead, Spanish Prisoner Wakes Up in Morgue Just Before His Autopsy

Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez, 29, suddenly showed renewed signs of life.

Tony Hisgett, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.0

Explore Google Street View With a Soundtrack Chosen by AI

It's like traveling without stepping outside.

Explore Google Street View With a Soundtrack Chosen by AI

It's like traveling without stepping outside.

It Just Snowed In the Sahara Desert

Contrary to popular belief, the world's largest hot desert isn't always scorching.

How Your Brain Turns Words Into Language

These parts of your brain do the most heavy lifting.

10 Fun Facts About Paddington Bear

The Wellington-wearing bear has been charming children and adults alike for 60 years.

Why Your Radiator is So Loud, According to Science

No, it's not a tiny man with a hammer.

Logging On to Public Wi-Fi Networks Is About to Get More Secure

A new type of Wi-Fi encryption is coming your way in early 2018, and it will make logging onto public Wi-Fi a lot safer.

The Computer Virus That Brought Down Whac-A-Mole

In 2008, the popular arcade game started malfunctioning. The company blamed a rogue programmer. He insisted they were digging in the wrong hole.

Scientists Accidentally Discover Ancient Hepatitis B in a 16th-Century Mummy

They thought they were studying the earliest evidence of smallpox, but found a different disease altogether.

Watch These Surfers Crush Nantucket's 'Slurpee' Waves

Totally tubular.

A Rare Apple Lisa 1 Computer Is Up for Auction on eBay

There are only between 20 and 100 of these early computers left in the world, and you could own a functioning one (for $55,000).

If Our Brains Are So Active During Infancy, Why Don’t We Remember Anything From That Time?

This universal phenomenon is known as "infantile amnesia."

The One Phrase Disney Theme Park Characters Aren't Allowed to Say

Belle would never break this cardinal rule. Gaston? Eh, maybe.

This New Nima Device Can Detect Trace Amounts of Peanuts in Food

The company is doing for peanut allergens what it did for gluten.

How You Can Help Pay the Heating Bills for a Family in Need

There are several programs helping families stay warm this winter.

These Vending Machines Dispense Short Stories Instead Of Snacks

Snack on that!

Scientists Are Using an Ancient Egyptian Pigment to Create New Technologies

Egyptian blue, the world's earliest-known artificial pigment, could help pave the way for advances in medical imaging and forensics.

For Sale: The Safest House in America, Complete With Hidden Command Center

This house has so many amenities you may be perfectly happy riding out the apocalypse there.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection // CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

The Largest Known Map of the 16th-Century World Has Been Digitized

All 60 hand-drawn sheets have been assembled for the first time.

Coming to New York in 2018: A Floating Glass Museum

GlassBarge will cruise up the Hudson River and along the Erie Canal, providing live glass-blowing demonstrations in port cities along the way.

11 Words and Phrases Popularized by Teddy Roosevelt

Contrary to his well-known slogan “speak softly and carry a big stick,” Theodore Roosevelt was hardly one to speak softly.

12 (Non-Sexual) Uses for 900 Numbers in Decades Past

From picking the president to having your future told, 900 numbers weren't just the domain of phone sex operators and teen heartthrobs in the 1980s.

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