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We are in ancient India, where you are the lucky recipient of a front-row seat to an archery contest devised by King Drupada, ...

Revisiting the origins of American democracy. By Jill Lepore. In 1938, if you had a dollar and seventy-two cents, you could ...

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You've probably heard of Chinese water torture, the brutal method used to psychologically break spies in the worst possible ...

The 1940s map presents the Middle East from an Iranian perspective. Iran is highlighted in yellow, standing out from the uniform green of the surrounding countries. In the margins appears a Persian ...

Sometimes emotions are the voice of one’s conscience, and shouldn’t be ignored.

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