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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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The Louvre Opens Its First-Ever Cimabue Exhibition
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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The Story of How Quentin Tarantino Became a Filmmaker and Created Pulp Fiction, as Told by Quentin...
For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the...
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For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the Friday that it opens. It’s how the film is thought of thirty years from now.” It just so happens that Pulp Fiction, which made Tarantino the most celebrated director in America...
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Overcoming Bias
Feels Gone Wrong
The films A Complete Unknown, on Bob Dylan, and In Restless Dreams, on Paul Simon, make vivid to me...
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The films A Complete Unknown, on Bob Dylan, and In Restless Dreams, on Paul Simon, make vivid to me the huge emotional appeal of becoming a musician like them.
Open Culture
Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live: A Deep Dive into Every Season of the Iconic...
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Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the premiere of Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night, which dramatizes the program’s 1975 debut. All of this has put fans into something of a retrospective mood, especially if they happen to have been...
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Wisdom for the New Year
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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World Monuments Fund Lists Moon as Endangered Heritage Site
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World...
yesterday
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text...
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
a year ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
6 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Dionysus
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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The History of Braga, Portugal & 16 Must-See Historic Sites
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
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‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
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12 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
2 months ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Colorado
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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