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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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