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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
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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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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
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Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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African History...
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Aristotle's Poetics
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Summary of changes for December
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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A Collection of...
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Sex Before Sex Education
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
weird medieval guys
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Secrets of the Sibyls
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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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...
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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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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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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...
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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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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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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.
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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