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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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When technology follows art
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Overcoming Bias
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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And the Palace where it was found...
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Another Of My Essays In French
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Oops! I did it again...
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Getting our events straight...
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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Is it good to question everything?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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