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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Beware the Lides of March
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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over a year ago
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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The Furies
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doldrumming
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
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The Moon
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Overcoming Bias
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Patterns in Humanity
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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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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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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It was all too difficult, finally.
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Columbine 25 Years On
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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9 months ago
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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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...
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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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...
5 months ago
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...
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 months ago
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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10 months ago
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
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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...
2 weeks ago
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...
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...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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10 months ago
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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7 months ago
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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...
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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8 months ago
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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