I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue
In 1891 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec made a large colour lithograph to advertise the Moulin Rouge. Most copies were pasted up and lost; a few survive in museums.
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14 OCT 2026
Day 287
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
II · THE DISCOVERY · HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Special relativity
Einstein's two postulates — one about motion, one about light — rewrote what physicists thought space and time were. The mathematics followed from those starting points.
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III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
Music in the Tuileries
A crowded garden, iron chairs, and faces Manet knew by name — yet the music that gives the picture its title is nowhere to be seen, only suggested by the press of people.
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IV · THE GAME · MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Jim Palmer
The debut game at Fenway Park was a loss — nine runs, eleven hits, and a final score of 12–9. The career that followed lasted nineteen seasons and produced 268 wins.
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