“All’s fair in love and war,” is an excuse some of these individuals may have to rely upon. Although many simply did…
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Under the surface, the Cold War wasn’t all that cold. All the key players backed campaigns of espionage and even murder. In…
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Alexander the Great may have gone down in history as one the the greatest ancient kings of all time. After all, we…
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We tend to think of history like a comic book: we have heroes, we have villains, the end. But that is not…
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The lowly sock. We don’t often think of it as a pivotal part of our daily attire. But when socks matter, they…
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Throughout history, a few remarkable women managed to rise to the top of male-dominated societies and take power in their own right.…
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Human skeletons can be strange, even in the most normal of positions. Ancient bones have a particular knack for dropping jaws and…
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Human genetics is a complex tapestry woven with threads of both commonality and extraordinary rarity. While much attention is given to genetic…
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There’s a difference between the person we show to the world and the person we show to the people who love us.…
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Too many times, the idea floats that commerce in the past wasn’t as interesting as it is today. Archaeologists beg to differ.…