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"Daily Scene in the Louvre," a 1911 cartoon by Samuel Ehrhart, shows patrons blatantly stealing works from the museum.

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This isn’t the Louvre’s first high-profile heist. Here’s a history of earlier thefts

by Rachel Treisman October 20, 2025October 20, 2025

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

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Why is it so cold in libraries?

by Nat Hardy, Will Malloy and Megan Hall October 8, 2024October 7, 2024

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If you’ve ever spent time in a library or art museum on a hot summer day, you might have felt way colder than you expected. On this episode of Possibly we break down the science of why libraries get so cold in the summer.

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