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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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The Essential Greeks
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Classical Wisdom
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Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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