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We all know Socrates as the classical Greek philosopher who is credited with being one of the main founders of modern thought. However, Soc...
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Nothing says Christmas more than snow on the ground outside, a fire burning in the fireplace, a beautifully decorated Christmas tree,...
The world's oldest paycheck, which says the workers were paid in beer. Alcohol is integral to our existence as a species. Every culture, from tribes in the Ama...
Much of the traditional narrative of the human race as told by history textbooks is that we began as backwards, prejudiced people who lived in predominantly pat...
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Last time on History's Nutcases, we talked about the famous Romantic poet, Lord Byron, whose life was characterized by love affairs, strange ...
"I'm confident that there will be trials for the destruction we've seen in the Middle East, and that the videos and photographs produced by to brag about their...
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TEL DOR, ISRAEL - Researchers with the University of Haifa have made an incredible underwater discovery: an unique Roman inscription ...
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A team of scientists from ANSTO's Centre for Accelerator Science have developed a new technique that now makes it possible to use radioc...
The Victorian Era was a time of change, of innovation, and of really strange social values. Victorian society had all sorts of quirks, especially the upper clas...
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When most children in the world are thinking of a jolly, round old man with a white beard who's going to come clambering down their chimn...
Elizabeth Lundin is a Portland-based freelance writer and blogger who enjoys writing about history almost as much as she enjoys reading it: which is quite a lot.
