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How to Revive Wassailing
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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Overcoming Bias
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Belief in the Ancient World
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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How Did Socrates Die?
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