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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Summary of changes for September
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Overcoming Bias
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
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... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
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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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
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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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
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Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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What Is Nestorianism?
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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What Are Conlangs?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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To all the newspapers I loved
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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Not your usual end-of-year review.
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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What Is Voguing?
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Another Of My Essays In French
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The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Is an Antipope?
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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