7 pieces in this series — best read in order.
A baby face, a crime-scene look and zero arguments: why cat photos travel further than anything else online.
The Oct 1, 1949 ceremony: 300,000 people, the first flag, 54 cannons and 28 salvos; how Oct 1 became National Day; and why only 3 of the 7 days off are legal.
From a comic-book company to one giant connected movie story: Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Avengers, and where to start watching.
The home of Superman and Batman: a company that started with a 10-cent comic book, and has been rivals with Marvel for decades.
The Hindu protector god in a few minutes: the three major gods, ten avatars and the churning of the ocean of milk.
A box of bricks with no instructions: the whole world is blocks you dig and stack, generated as you walk from a number called a seed. Survival, creative, redstone computers, and why it's the best-selling game ever.
TED isn't a person: it stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. How a money-losing conference became a place where ideas spread, why every talk is 18 minutes at most, TEDx, and the most-watched talk.
