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DateTitle 2020-05-28 'Exceedingly rare' cognac from 1762 fetches $146,000 at auction 2020-05-15 See the gardens of famous designers as Britain's prestigious Chelsea Flower Show goes virtual 2020-05-15 ...
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China’s Three Gorges Dam is one of the largest ever created. Was it worth it?

Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydropower project ever built. When construction began in 1994, it was designed not only to generate electricity to propel China’s breakneck economic growth, but also ...
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Famous Picasso paintings: 7 works that captured our imagination

It’s hard to imagine a visual record of the 20th century without Pablo Ruiz Picasso. With his bold shapes and characteristic angles, the Spanish artist captured everything from the horrors of war to ...
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A short history of the elevator

The first passenger elevator got off to a slow start. Installed in 1857 at the Haughwout Department Store in New York, it was shut down after just three years because customers refused to accept it.
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Green buildings: 18 examples of sustainable architecture around the world

There are a lot of ways to size up buildings, whether by measuring their height, comparing styles of architecture or dissecting their histories. But in the era of climate change, more and more ...
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Asian rivers are turning black. And our colorful closets are to blame

Editor’s Note: This story was produced as part of CNN Style’s The September Issues, a hub for facts, features and opinions about fashion, the climate crisis, and you. Dhaka, Bangladesh CNN — When Haji ...
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What is fast fashion, and why is it so controversial?

To keep up with the ever-changing trends propagated by runway shows, influencers and frenetic social media fads, fashion connoisseurs and avid clothing shoppers can be quick to turn to the most ...
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Three lines and a circle: A brief history of the peace symbol

On Good Friday 1958, thousands gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square to protest nuclear weapons. They were responding to a string of test blasts conducted by the United Kingdom, the third nation to ...
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The precious jewels of Iran’s ‘sad-eyed’ princess

The bracelets, made of rock crystal and diamonds, were made in 1930, and "are emblematic of the pure art-deco style that Cartier designed at the time," Meylan writes. Swanson wore them in at least two ...
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Prada pulls products after accusations of blackface imagery

Luxury fashion house Prada is withdrawing products after some items displayed in a Manhattan storefront were seen as depicting blackface imagery. The products, part of Prada’s Pradamalia line, were ...
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Billionaire bunkers: How the 1% are preparing for the apocalypse

This luxury shelter, billed as a "modern day Noah's Ark," is built beneath a 400-foot tall mountain and offers 227,904 square feet of living space. Converted from a Cold War-era munitions storage ...