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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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African History...
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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How to Revive Wassailing
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
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American polarisation: part 2
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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What Was Négritude?
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Immigration and crime: Denmark
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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