Looking at old photographs, it is easy to imagine that the past was a drab place. Even old paintings can make us…
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History
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The Victorian age was the birthplace of many things we take for granted today. From refrigeration to wristwatches, many technologies that laid…
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It’s easy to view history through an oversimplifying lens—a phenomenon which often happens with the United States Civil War. Generalizations might proclaim,…
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The legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table has been popular for centuries. King Arthur himself emerged as…
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A lot of students hate math, even though the world runs on mathematics. Huge sums of money and equipment worth millions of…
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Like any other craft or art form, designing fashion items requires inspiration. Fashion designers have been inspired by their roots, by popular…
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The Earth’s surface holds many wonders great and small, natural and man-made. A different, though no less mesmerizing, world exists below. Human…
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As the controversy about public statues to Confederates continues, some have said it makes no sense and serves no purpose to allow…
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Most everyone can agree that LGBTQ+ people have faced persecution but this is often thought of as a relic of the past…
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When skeletons talk, scientists listen. How someone died centuries ago can reveal more about the social violence and beliefs of long-gone eras.…