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Rock 'N' Roll, Weapons in Orbit, and the Weirdest Campaign Ad

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Twist and Shout
  1. 0.60 · explainers · keep 0.64 · Rock 'n' roll's history in 60 seconds.
  2. 0.59 · explainers · keep 0.74 · American blues music provided the framework for rock 'n' roll, jazz, and other American forms.
  3. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · A DJ helped popularize the term 'rock 'n' roll' to resell rhythm and blues to a broad audience.
  4. 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.48 · Over time, 'rock 'n' roll' eventually became 'classic rock,' largely due to radio station trends.
  5. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · Listen to Jackie Brenston's 'Rocket 88,' widely considered the first rock 'n' roll song.
  6. 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · Watch Bill Haley bring rock 'n' roll to mainstream America with his first performance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.'
  7. 0.48 · experiences · keep 0.64 · Explore an interactive timeline of rock 'n' roll's origins in blues, swing, country, and other genres.
  8. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's location in Cleveland is a nod to pioneering DJ Alan Freed.
  9. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.51 · When rock expanded to Nigeria in the 1960s, it became an integral part of the country's civil war.
  10. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.79 · How the Vietnam War changed rock 'n' roll
  11. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · How underground radio revitalized rock 'n' roll
  12. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Chuck Berry was one of rock 'n' roll's early innovators.
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The US has deployed weapons in orbit
  1. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.89 · The US once had a plan to nuke the moon
  2. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.88 · The US once had a plan to nuke the moon
  3. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.55 · The space race was a Cold War rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union that culminated in the US landing astronauts on the moon in 1969.
  4. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · Sputnik 1—launched in 1957—was Earth's first artificial satellite
  5. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.58 · The Soviet Union’s surprising first atomic test ended the US nuclear monopoly
  6. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.09 · Questions about the US' commitment to its allies may have sparked a new nuclear age
  7. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.22 · The USSR launched the world's first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space in 1957
  8. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · In 1975, the Soviet Union fired a space cannon as part of testing a defense system that would prevent anyone from approaching and inspecting Soviet military satellites.
  9. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.32 · The X-37B is America's secretive long-duration space plane
  10. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.14 · Some scientists propose AI-powered satellites to monitor nuclear weapons in place of arms control treaties
  11. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.26 · On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
  12. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · In 1962, the US detonated a nuclear weapon in space, which produced an electromagnetic pulse that disabled three low Earth orbit satellites and damaged electrical equipment in Hawaii.
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Iconic Britpop band Oasis
  1. 0.55 · curiosity · keep 0.27 · Blur, Oasis, Pulp, and Suede are widely considered the four defining bands of the 1990s Britpop genre.
  2. 0.55 · curiosity · keep 0.35 · The tempestuous relationship between bandmates and brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher led to the breakup of Oasis in 2009 and numerous public feuds.
  3. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.49 · The Beatles stopped touring in 1966, citing frustration with the era's limited sound systems and the pressures of their massive fame.
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Ten-year Treasury yields
  1. 0.60 · explainers · keep 0.18 · What are Treasury yields?
  2. 0.58 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Investors collectively owned $28T in US Treasury securities as of 2025.
  3. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.48 · Bond yields are the returns investors earn from a bond's interest—and they're a key economic barometer.
  4. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.30 · For everyday Americans, a relatively high national debt can lead to higher interest rates on financial products such as mortgages.
  5. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.45 · An inverted yield curve has preceded every recession that’s occurred in the last 50 years
  6. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Some argue that the rising US national debt has become more important in recent months.
  7. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.42 · If the US government paid off its debt, it could disrupt the entire bond market, as Treasury bonds are among the most common bonds for investors and the majority of the national debt is in bonds.
  8. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.11 · When the US hits the debt ceiling, the Treasury uses emergency measures to avoid default
  9. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.34 · Markets have always recovered and hit new highs following crashes
  10. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.29 · The US debt ceiling is the threshold Congress sets for federal borrowing.
  11. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.62 · See how 30-year fixed mortgage rates have changed over time—from a 1980s peak of roughly 18%, to hovering around 3% during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  12. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Interest rates have historically been an indicator of the US economy's overall health.
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The Trump administration
  1. 0.54 · news-in-context · keep 0.28 · Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of US foreign assistance since World War II.
  2. 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.17 · In 2024, the US committed about $82.3B to foreign aid.
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See which states have experienced the most natural disasters since 1953.
  1. 0.79 · news-in-context · keep 0.18 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency leads the US response to disasters
  2. 0.56 · news-in-context · keep 0.39 · Texas experienced the most natural disasters of any US state, with 372 natural disaster declarations from 1953 to 2025.
  3. 0.54 · news-in-context · keep 0.59 · FEMA informally uses data from Waffle House to assess the scale of a disaster.
  4. 0.51 · news-in-context · keep 0.56 · Track active wildfires, floods, and other natural disasters across the US in real-time with this interactive map.
  5. 0.51 · news-in-context · keep 0.33 · Heat is the leading cause of death in natural disasters
  6. 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.67 · Visualizing the multibillion dollar cost of US weather disasters
  7. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.70 · Check out hurricane history where you live
  8. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.17 · In 2026, there have been 12 weather and climate disasters in the US with overall damages and costs reaching or exceeding $1B.
  9. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.57 · The environmental crises of the late 1960s led to the founding of the EPA
  10. 0.44 · longform · keep 0.46 · See how a 2018 fire in Paradise, California, exposed the limits of emergency coordination
  11. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.59 · Explore an interactive map of volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis from 2150 BCE to the present.
  12. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.17 · Hurricanes may kill 300 times more people than officially reported
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How Coffee Changed the World
  1. 0.65 · experiences · keep 0.69 · The history of coffee
  2. 0.58 · curiosity · keep 0.76 · As coffee became popular in Europe, colonial powers began to spread the drink around the globe.
  3. 0.55 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Coffee was put on trial in Mecca in 1511, and its eventual acceptance helped coffee spread beyond religious use and into the world's first public coffeehouses, which ultimately gave birth to the London Stock Exchange.
  4. 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · Before it was a drink, coffee was used for handwashing.
  5. 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · Coffee brewing likely originated in Ethiopa and on the Arabian Peninsula.
  6. 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · After the Boston Tea Party, colonists switched to coffee, which became the main morning drink for revolutionaries.
  7. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.41 · Coffee production took off in the 1800s
  8. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · Beanless 'coffee' is an eco-friendly alternative
  9. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · The medieval influencer who convinced people to drink tea
  10. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.39 · Understand distinctions between coffee types and other popular cafe beverages with this visual guide.
  11. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · Watch one of the world's best baristas explain how coffee roasting determines taste.
  12. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · 'Cat poo coffee,' the colloquial name for civet coffee, is one of the most expensive coffees in the world.
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Scroll through a Reddit thread where users post colorized versions of black-and-white historical photographs.
  1. 0.73 · experiences · keep 0.53 · Explore r/ColorizedHistory, a Reddit community that collects colorized versions of black-and-white historical photographs, from Olympic podiums to family portraits.
  2. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.45 · Nineteenth-century, hand-drawn infographics on US slavery and race
  3. 0.42 · longform · keep 0.26 · A photo story of the Chinese civil war and creation of modern-day China
  4. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.34 · A rich archive of the visual imagination of the Cold War era
  5. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.69 · See the Russian Revolution reimagined as if it unfolded on social media
  6. 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.65 · Pictures of paintings: a virtual art museum
  7. 0.40 · experiences · keep nan · View photographs of American cities before EPA regulations helped clean air and water pollution.
  8. 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.65 · Russian Revolution of 1917: a gallery
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Watch a campaign ad from 2010 that is deemed one of the strangest on record.
  1. 0.67 · longform · keep 0.68 · This notorious 2010 New Orleans coroner-race attack ad became infamous enough that ProPublica later profiled it as one of the strangest campaign ads on record.
  2. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.62 · Exciting US primary debate moments from history
  3. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.59 · The wildest cases of election fraud in US history
  4. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · Check out the 50 weirdest roadside attractions in the US, from Alabama's Unclaimed Baggae Center to Wyoming's Elkhorn Arch.
  5. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.78 · The oddest shots captured on Google Street View
  6. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · See a ranking of the most iconic Super Bowl advertisements ever aired
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Explore a critic's list of the most underappreciated TV shows of the 21st century.
  1. 0.83 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · Explore a critic's list of the most underappreciated TV shows of the 21st century, including cult hits like 'Detroiters,' 'The Corner,' and more.
  2. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · The best cult TV shows
  3. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · Ranking the 50 worst decisions in TV history
  4. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.75 · The 10 best TV spin-offs ever
  5. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.67 · The best HBO shows of all time
  6. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.36 · Ten underrated astronomy studies from 2022
  7. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · See the top 10 episodes of 'The Simpsons,' with the 'Last Exit to Springfield' taking the top spot for its pop culture references, absurd jokes, and victorious underdog.
  8. 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.59 · Explore a list of the 40 best obscure albums of the past 40 years, featuring lost classics from Talk Talk, King Sunny Ade, Linda Ronstadt, and more.
  9. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.61 · See this ranking of the top 10 medical shows on television
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Why it can feel like social media is rage-baiting you.
  1. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.48 · A major dopamine hit from social media use comes from unpredictability—not knowing if the content users post or share will get the 'like' from other users, triggering cycles of anticipation similar to those experienced with a slot machine.
  2. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.54 · Social media can reinforce echo chambers that amplify pre-existing sentiments
  3. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.37 · Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, contends that children are losing the ability to pay attention as they spend half their lives perusing social media content designed to hook them.
  4. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Facebook launched its 'like' button and Twitter its 'retweet' button in 2009, innovations psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues rewired social media to reward outrage over accuracy.
  5. 0.45 · longform · keep 0.47 · Conspiracy theories today are often born from online radicalization
  6. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.23 · As thousands of lawsuits proceed against social media companies for alleged harm, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the seven main arguments for holding social media companies legally responsible.
  7. 0.44 · longform · keep 0.09 · True crime fans can derail lives with misguided accusations
  8. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.53 · Aimed at increasing user engagement, social media algorithms will intentionally show content in feeds that is misaligned with users' beliefs because such content is more likely to be commented on.
  9. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.44 · The case that willfully being 'cringe' can be antisocial
  10. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.45 · Social media platforms benefit not just from ensuring they have satisfied users, but also from the personal data they scoop up and can then sell to online advertisers.
  11. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.11 · Treating X like a product instead of a public space obscures deeper issues
  12. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.58 · Social media algorithms are shaping real-life language through memes
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This interactive website matches your drawing to real Google Earth satellite imagery of rivers, coastlines, an
  1. 0.77 · experiences · keep 0.79 · Draw or drag on your screen, and this browser experiment matches your gesture to real Google Earth satellite imagery of rivers, coastlines, and highways.
  2. 0.57 · experiences · keep 0.59 · Create digital maps of Earth with custom sketches and labels
  3. 0.52 · experiences · keep 0.64 · Explore and visualize AI-driven riverine and flash-flood forecasts across more than 150 countries to anticipate these natural disasters up to seven days in advance.
  4. 0.48 · experiences · keep 0.75 · Type your name and see it spelled out in satellite images captured by NASA's Landsat program.
  5. 0.48 · experiences · keep 0.67 · Explore coral reefs in Google's "street view"
  6. 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.66 · Visualize real-time and historical atmospheric conditions from around the world
  7. 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.78 · The oddest shots captured on Google Street View
  8. 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.72 · Take a virtual journey through the world's deserts with Google Earth and BBC
  9. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.68 · Explore an interactive timeline of Earth's 4.5-billion-year history to visualize shifting landmasses and oceans, view the locations of significant asteroid impacts, and learn about major geological and biological events.
  10. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.65 · View the past month of earthquakes worldwide with this digital globe, which displays data from the US Geological Survey.
  11. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.24 · A simple pictorial explanation of ocean geography
  12. 0.44 · experiences · keep 0.68 · NOAA's interactive sea level rise viewer
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Read philosopher Bertrand Russell's 1932 case for laziness.
  1. 0.71 · explainers · keep 0.62 · Philosopher Bertrand Russell's 1932 case for laziness: with modern machinery, society could work four hours a day and still produce just as much.
  2. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.36 · The case for optimism
  3. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.29 · Read Albert Camus' 'Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays'
  4. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Is life all about pleasure? Debating the Experience Machine
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Staff at a Sicilian hotel take a young girl's lost stuffed animal on an adventure before returning it home wit
  1. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.10 · Buford the Pyrenees showered with gifts after rescuing 2-year-old boy lost in the desert
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Revisit when a comedian opened a store called "Dumb Starbucks," which was protected by US parody law.
  1. 0.74 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · Comedian Nathan Fielder opened a store called 'Dumb Starbucks,' which was protected by US parody law.
  2. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.24 · How one trial tested the limits of satirical music
  3. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.39 · The US Constitution grants protection for satire
  4. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Starbucks operates more than 38,000 stores on six continents
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Map how anxiety disorder rates vary across over 200 countries.
  1. 0.71 · news-in-context · keep 0.60 · See how anxiety disorder rates vary across 200+ countries, with Portugal, Malta, Brazil, and Iran reporting the highest burdens.
  2. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.42 · Anxiety is one of the world's most common mental health disorders, causing persistent excessive fear and worry that interferes with daily activities.
  3. 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.12 · A report on social well-being around the world
  4. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.08 · US depression rates at historic high among adults
  5. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.28 · Mental health is much more than the absence of mental illness, according to its official definition from the World Health Organization.
  6. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.27 · Roughly 1 in 125 people have autism spectrum disorder globally
  7. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.37 · Mental health symptoms may manifest differently across cultures because physical and mental health are imbued with values, beliefs, and traditions.
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The creator of "The Simpsons" made his characters yellow so they would contrast with everything else on TV.
  1. 0.86 · curiosity · keep 0.82 · The creator of 'The Simpsons' made his characters yellow so they would contrast with everything else on TV.
  2. 0.56 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · A comprehensive history of 'The Simpsons'
  3. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · One man provides temporary vocals for nearly every character on 'The Simpsons.'
  4. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · 2 'Simpsons' producers break down the show's turning points
  5. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.78 · Why cartoons are an ideal form for satire
  6. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · 'The Simpsons' show-within-a-show was based on a real cartoon
  7. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · Watch Hank Azaria perform classic sports rants as 'Simpsons' characters
  8. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · Before becoming a late-night host, Conan O'Brien wrote 1993's "Marge vs. the Monorail," one of the most celebrated 'Simpsons' episodes.
  9. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.46 · The sophisticated math jokes of 'The Simpsons.'
  10. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · Matt Groening wrote the comic 'Life in Hell' before creating 'The Simpsons'
  11. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · See the top 10 episodes of 'The Simpsons,' with the 'Last Exit to Springfield' taking the top spot for its pop culture references, absurd jokes, and victorious underdog.
  12. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · The best celebrity cameos on 'The Simpsons'
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In a "K-shaped" economy, higher earners' spending rises while lower earners' spending stagnates or decreases.
  1. 0.81 · explainers · keep 0.34 · In a 'K-shaped' economy, higher earners' spending rises while lower earners' spending stagnates or decreases.
  2. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.60 · How life looks different with a $75K household income versus $150K
  3. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.30 · A V-shaped recovery from a recession is the most common kind
  4. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.58 · See a chart that shows how the average American spends their annual earnings, with almost half of all American consumer spending going toward transportation and housing.
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View a gallery of plants made to shine using ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence photography.
  1. 0.82 · curiosity · keep 0.32 · View a gallery of plants made to shine using ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence photography, in which organisms re-emit the ultraviolet light they are exposed to in vibrant, glowing colors.
  2. 0.63 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · Photographer captures glowing flowers in ultraviolet light
  3. 0.59 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · View a gallery of biofluorescent animals, which contain cells that emit various colors when exposed to ultraviolet light.
  4. 0.56 · curiosity · keep 0.67 · Virtually all plants are biofluorescent because their photosynthesis is powered by chlorophyll, a pigment that glows red as a way to get rid of excess energy when exposed to ultraviolet light.
  5. 0.55 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · View an animation of how certain chemicals fluoresce—that is, emit visible light after having absorbed higher-energy light, such as ultraviolet radiation.
  6. 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · View a gallery of bioluminescent organisms, including snails, worms, fungi, jellyfish, and mushrooms.
  7. 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Solutions of bioluminescent bacteria can create FOMO-inducing living art
  8. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · Satellites can be used to measure photosynthetic activity worldwide by observing the red, biofluorescent light emitted by chlorophyll in plants.
  9. 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · Blacklights can illuminate certain biological materials, including blood, teeth, and fingernails, because they contain fluorophores—molecules that visibly glow immediately after exposure to higher-energy light.
  10. 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.86 · Watch underwater photosynthesis make water look like champagne
  11. 0.48 · experiences · keep 0.37 · View a colorful gallery of solar features, including coronal loops and filamentary prominences, curated by the National Solar Observatory.
  12. 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · View a sample of the bioluminescent tree of life
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Compare the true sizes of continents, countries, and other regions around the world.
  1. 0.74 · experiences · keep 0.78 · Compare the true sizes of continents, countries, and other regions around the world by dragging them across a Mercator projection.
  2. 0.53 · experiences · keep 0.80 · Visualize the size of countries on the sun and other planets
  3. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.73 · No map of the Earth is perfect because each introduces inaccuracies in the shape, size, or orientation of landmasses and oceans by trying to flatten the planet's curved surface.
  4. 0.44 · experiences · keep 0.63 · Common mistakes we make about the world map
  5. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.50 · Explore how temperatures compare to historical averages in cities worldwide with this interactive global monitor.
  6. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.24 · A simple pictorial explanation of ocean geography
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Staff at a Sicilian hotel take a young girl's lost stuffed animal on an adventure before returning it home wit
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American author Upton Sinclair born (1878); Legendary basketball coach Red Auerbach born (1917); Actress Sophi
  1. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.31 · Billie Jean King's victory at the 'Battle of the Sexes' drew over 90 million viewers
  2. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.40 · Billie Jean King on playing tennis before Title IX
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Apple, Spotify, YouTube
  1. 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.22 · Read a user's review of the differences between Spotify and its closest rival, Apple Music.
  2. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.73 · Reimagining YouTube as cable TV, complete with channel-surfing
  3. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.29 · YouTube brought endless content—and endless culture wars
  4. 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.56 · Read about how Spotify creates niche genres, from 'Webcore' to 'Phonk.'
  5. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.57 · Viral pop artists create systems of participation, not just music
  6. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.32 · Spotify's success turned Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek into a billionaire in his mid-30s.
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