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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Overcoming Bias
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The Two Trojan Wars
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Not that much, actually.
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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What Is the Didache?
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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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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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Summary of changes for January 2024
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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Flappy Bird,...
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
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It's about having small expectations.
Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Classical Wisdom
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
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over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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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
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Summary of changes for November 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Summary of changes for February 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
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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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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The End of the World?
a year ago
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The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Summary of changes for May
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
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a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Summary of changes for April
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over a year ago
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Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
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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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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12 months ago
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A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Origins of Stoicism
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
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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
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Blindspots and Biographies
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What Is Populism?
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Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Summary of changes for September 2023
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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.
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Xerxes the Great
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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