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Centenario Stadium wasn’t completed in time for the first-ever World Cup match in 1930. It was, however, ready for Uruguay’s World Cup victory, and nearly a century of Uruguayan football achievement to follow.

When Uruguay was selected to host the first World Cup, they promised to build a stadium worthy of a tournament that had never been attempted before. The timing c...


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Eating ice cream with a gold spoon at 7:30 a.m. sounds like an indulgence reserved for the most decadent of mornings. For John Harrison, it was his job, one that he did early in the morning because that’s when his taste buds were freshest and with a gold-plated spoon because wood and silver might alter the flavor.

Harrison was Dreyer’s Official Taste Tester from 1980 t...


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When Georg Carstensen was asked when his pleasure garden outside Copenhagen would be completed, he gave an unexpected response: “Never.”

His answer was more than a quip. Carstensen imagined Tivoli Gardens as always evolving, with new attractions appearing alongside the old. This philosophy is why today, more than 180 years after it opened, Tivoli is the fifth most visi...


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In the tiny town of Markneukirchen, Germany, a family of cabinetmakers made an unlikely pivot that would leave an indelible mark on a young girl from the mountains of Tennessee. At 15, Christian Frederick Martin (C.F. Martin Sr.) convinced his father to let him study guitar-making under Viennese luthier Johann Stauffer—but when he branched out on his own, Europe’s instrument-...


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In 1789, George Washington borrowed The Law of Nations from the New York Society Library. But, possibly busy with more pressing presidential tasks, he neglected to return it. It wasn’t until 2010 that staff at Mount Vernon learned of the missing book and offered to return a replacement copy, by which point Washington had accumulated a theoretical $300,000 in late fees.

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