var ftGUID_5479642="4825172EA1C735";

var ftConfID_5479642="0";

var ftParams_5479642="ftOBA=1&ft_domain=www.smithsonianmag.com&ft_ifb=1&ft_agentEnv=0&ft_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2F&us_privacy=${US_PRIVACY}&cachebuster=37303.01845887585";

var ftKeyword_5479642="";

var ftCustom_5479642="";

var ftSection_5479642="";

var ftSegment_5479642="";

var ftSegmentList_5479642=[];

var ftRuleMatch_5479642="0";

var ftTimestamp_5479642="1616086975";

var ftGeoC2_5479642="us";

var ftGeoState_5479642="va";

var ftGeoCity_5479642="ashburn";

var ftISP_5479642="amazon technologies inc.";

var ftSpeed_5479642="broadband";

var ftDMA_5479642="511";

var ftLong_5479642="-77.49";

var ftLat_5479642="39.03";

var ftPostal_5479642="20147";

var ftTimeZone_5479642="-400";

var ftMobileCarrier_5479642="";

var ftImp5479642 = {};

ftImp5479642.privacy = "x";

ftImp5479642.guidAge = "-1";

ftImp5479642.impID = "B2F785A7-7E58-76D2-A497-27AD4DE788E4";

ftImp5479642.duid = "FT:4825172EA1C735";

ftImp5479642.ft_tpplid = "";

ftImp5479642.ft_c = {};

ftImp5479642.gdpr = "";

ftImp5479642.gdpr_consent = "";

ftImp5479642.gdpr_pd = "";

ftImp5479642.oob_consent = "0";

ftImp5479642.gdprStoredConsent = "";

ftImp5479642.us_privacy = "!!US_PRIVACY!";

ftImp5479642.jsAppend = "1";
(function(){
    var tag = document.getElementById('ft_servedby_5479642') || (function(s){
    	return s[s.length-1];
    }(document.getElementsByTagName('script'))),
           js = document.createElement('script');
    js.src = 
"https://cdn.flashtalking.com/xre/547/5479642/3377153/js/j-5479642-3377153.js";
    js.id = "ftscript_m5479642";
    tag.parentNode.insertBefore(js, tag);
}());