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A Damn Fine Collection of Fascinating Photos

A photo of the world’s first fully titanium heart that was successfully transplanted into a human patient.

In a world-first, an Australian man in his 40s became the first person to leave the hospital with a titanium artificial heart that kept him alive for 105 days. The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, a compact device with a single levitating rotor, pumped blood through his body until a donor heart became available. Without it, doctors say he would not have survived the wait. Now, after a successful transplant, he’s back to living life in ways he hadn’t been able to for years.

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5 Historic Photos That Speak Volumes

Joseph P. Kennedy, left, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, stands with his 20 year old son, John F. Kennedy, in New York, January 5, 1938

This is one of those moments where, if you could freeze time, you’d see a kind of fork in the American timeline quietly forming beneath the polished shoes and pressed coats.

Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.—sharp, ambitious, and already calculating three moves ahead—stands next to his 20-year-old son, John. The photograph is still. But history is anything but.

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5 Behind-the-Scenes Stories That Make Movies Way More Interesting

Stanley Kubrick Had All the Props from 2001: A Space Odyssey Destroyed So They Couldn’t Be Reused in Bad Sci-Fi Movies

After 2001: A Space Odyssey wrapped, Stanley Kubrick did something that feels less like a post-production decision and more like the final act of a Bond villain: he had all the sets and props destroyed. The glowing monolith? Gone. The EVA pods? Scrapped. The sleek interior of the Discovery One, with its antiseptic beauty and unsettling symmetry? Bulldozed into oblivion.

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5 Iconic Artworks Worth Slowing Down For

Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1834)

When you first look at The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, you might not even notice the executioner. That’s what’s so striking about it.

This isn’t a painting about violence—it’s a painting about the moment just before violence. It’s about innocence, fragility, and the unbearable stillness that comes right before something terrible happens.

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