The year was 1971. The New York Times had begun printing the Pentagon Papers: the…
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Religious leaders are often looked to for guidance. Sometimes the advice they give comes from…
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For hundreds of years, theories have circulated across the world about the existence of the…
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Progress and the pursuit of knowledge the key features of the Enlightenment period, and this…
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How did Mata Hari, a popular exotic dancer during wartime, become regarded as a cunning…
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The Cold War was a conflict like no other. A quiet, hidden conflict, drawn out…
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What happens when a breakdown in ethics collides with a desire to make money quickly? …
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart did everything in his life early. A child prodigy, he began composing intricate music…
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“Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.” – the Serbian…
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The thumbscrew, dunking, the boot, the breaking wheel, the list of medieval torture devices is…
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Some things connect people across the vastness of history. For those in the northern hemisphere,…
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Bodmin Jail, infamous as one of the most violent prisons in the United Kingdom, had…
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As American sociologist Matthew Desmond said, “Eviction reveals people’s vulnerability and desperation, as well as…
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Between 1968 and 1985, Italy was the target of a serial killer motivated by depravity and…
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The year is 1809, the last year that Gustav IV would be king of Sweden.…