Call us cowards, but we’re tired of fighting with our family about politics over the holidays. JSTOR Daily has tons of food trivia, animal stories, and quirky history to help you steer clear of controversy or find your way back to neutral ground. Happy Thanksgiving!
How Snakes Swallow
June 26, 2019
A snake’s ability to swallow enormous prey has long been a source of fascination, but the common explanation that they dislocate their jaws is a myth.
Cottagecore Debuted 2,300 Years Ago
November 11, 2020
Keeping cozy in a countryside escape, through the ages.
Music Education and the Birth of Motown
November 7, 2020
Music teachers in the Detroit public schools paved the way for the success of future Motown artists like Smokey Robinson and Mary Wilson of the Supremes.
18th-Century Lovers Exchanged Portraits of Their Eyes
March 23, 2020
The miniature paintings celebrated and commemorated love at a time when public expressions of affection were uncouth.
“Beating the Bounds”
May 7, 2020
How did people find out where their local boundaries were before there were reliable maps?
Everyone in Pompeii Got Takeout, Too
May 31, 2020
Archaeologists have found that snack bars called tabernae fed much of the city in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.
At First, the Guitar Was a “Women’s Instrument”
October 24, 2020
The history of the guitar shows that musical instruments have been gendered—but just how changes over time.
When Artists Painted with Real Mummies
October 15, 2018
The popular paint pigment called “mummy brown” used to be made from—yep—ground-up Egyptian mummies.
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