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Going out with a punchline is the ultimate power move. In 258 AD, the Roman Prefect ordered the execution of Lawrence, a deacon of the early church. They…
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When James Naismith invented an indoor game to keep young men busy during winter, he didn't exactly have a massive budget. He nailed two peach baskets to the…
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Houses just featured a gaping hole in the roof, meaning absolutely everyone constantly smelled like they spent the weekend at a miserable bonfire.
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Why negotiate complex treaties when you can just export your offspring? Maria Theresa viewed her sixteen children as highly effective chess pieces, marrying…
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Centuries of humans being too lazy to enunciate gave us our standard farewell. It originally started as the lengthy blessing 'God be with ye,' which people…
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When your doctor’s best medical advice is essentially 'pull my finger.' During the Black Death, physicians believed the disease was caused by bad air. Their…
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