Happy New Year everyone!
I’m back at my desk after lots of holiday revels, research trips, and long hours of book revisions. While in DC last weekend I went to the National Gallery in DC. It’s a pretty incredible place… Read More
On July 14, 1789, a mob stormed the Bastille, marking the beginning of the French Revolution. At his palace at Versailles, King Louis XVI’s diary entry for that day was: “14 juillet: rien.”… Read More
In most card games, the king was once the highest card in a suit. But after the French Revolution, the ace was introduced as an act of civil defiance, as the power of nobility declined.
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Source: Mental Floss March/April… Read More
Modernist architect Le Corbusier designed a vacation home that included a toilet in the living area. He considered the toilet “one of the most beautiful objects industry has produced,” and therefore saw no reason to hide it.