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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa
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While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Why Socrates Matters
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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The "New" Ancient City
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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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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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Why is medieval art so weird?
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
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6 months ago
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Hundred Rabbits
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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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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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When Was D-Day?
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Deadly Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles Art Community
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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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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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Pollution & Deforestation in the Medieval World
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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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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The Life of Aristotle
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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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...
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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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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Nirvana Before They Were Nirvana: Watch Their 1988 Performance Recorded in a Radio Shack
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Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the band’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. The video was recorded on the evening of January 24, 1988, after the store had closed. In those days the group went by the name of Ted Ed...
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What Is Voguing?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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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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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
3 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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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...
4 months ago
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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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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