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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Wood stove installation
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It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Bringing It All Back Home
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If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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How to Revive Wassailing
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Moon Trip (1958)
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a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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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...
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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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...
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year 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
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Beware the Lides of March
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Beware the Lides of March
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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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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How the CCP is Closing China
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How the CCP is Closing China
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Celebrate Cicero!
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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What's it going to be, then?
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Secrets of the Scythians
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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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...
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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