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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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7 months ago
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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2 months ago
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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What Is Solipsism?
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
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Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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3 months ago
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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5 months ago
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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8 months ago
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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3 months ago
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