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History

A brief history of banned numbers

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Civics

How do executive orders work?

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Civics

How does impeachment work?

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History

The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall

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Environmental Science

Will the ocean ever run out of fish?

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Health

When is water safe to drink?

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Literature

The myth of Cupid and Psyche

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History

Who built Great Zimbabwe? And why?

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History

The philosophy of Stoicism

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History

Who were the Vestal Virgins, and what was their job?

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Literature & Language

The world’s most mysterious book

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History

A brief history of goths

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History

The history of Tea

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Literature

Why should you read Tolstoy's "War and Peace"?

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History

How did Dracula become the world's most famous vampire?

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History

How Magellan circumnavigated the globe

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History

The history of chocolate

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History

What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen?

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Literature

Everything you need to know to read Homer's "Odyssey"

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History

Why do we kiss under mistletoe?

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Philosophy & Religion

The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld

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Geography

How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean?

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Visual Arts

Why is Vermeer's "Girl with the Pearl Earring" considered a masterpiece?

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Sociology

What happens to our bodies after we die?

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