Crucifixion is arguably the cruelest form of execution. When we read ancient sources, it is hard to distinguish the practice of crucifixion…
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Larry Bird, along with “Magic” Johnson and Michael Jordan, is one of the most recognized names in the history of basketball. The…
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Milk is one of the most popular and important beverages on the planet. We drink it when we’re babies, and when we…
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While nowhere near as famous as the Salem witchcraft trials that took place in 1692, the great Connecticut witchcraft panic, which lasted…
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Outside of its native Japan, sumo wrestling is seen as something of a punch line—fat men in diapers colliding for the amusement…
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The octopus is one of the most recognizable and intriguing animals on Earth. They pull spectacular escapes and become social media darlings.…
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The demography of ancient Greece has always been a hard subject to study. Although ancient sources provide no reliable statistical data on…
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The samurai of Japan have an almost mythic reputation. The idea of a class of katana-wielding warriors held to a noble code…
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Some biologists adore spiders. It’s why they visit the same arachnid for 40 years and why the world recently saw the first…
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These days, the word “stranger” is mostly one-dimensional. It conjures up the image of a blurry-faced human who might do something criminal…