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In the 1920s, Emma Read invented the “Baby Cage,” a wire box designed for parents to hang out of their apartment windows so their infants could get some “fresh air.” The cage functioned like a tiny ...

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After graduating from Brown University, Thurber took a teaching role at Worcester Latin Grammar School, before becoming a principal and later opening an arms manufacturing company in 1831 with his ...

From an accessible history of design to a facsimile of a super rare architecture magazine, these are the books we loved this year.

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Lou Nelson - former security guard on the American Freedom Train 1975-76. Rohan Vos - founder and CEO of Rovos Rail. Friedhelm "Fred" Hillebrand - inventor of SMS and text messaging. Arch Puddington - ...

The chocolate industry is currently worth about $150 billion. It's easy to see why. Yum. But chocolate also has a complex and ...