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Philosophy & Religion

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

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History

What caused the French Revolution?

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Philosophy

Plato’s best (and worst) ideas

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Literature & Language

Harry Potter and the translator's nightmare

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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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Civics

Are You A Classical Or Romantic Voter?

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Sociology

What happens to our bodies after we die?

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Anthropology

Facts about pumpkins you never knew

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Civics

How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?

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Environmental Science

What would happen if the world went vegetarian?

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Performing Arts

The history of African-American social dance

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History

The history of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Speaking

How to use rhetoric to get what you want

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Public Health

How Americans got stuck with endless drug commercials

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Design

How the Band-Aid was invented | Moments of Vision 3

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Geometry

How the Königsberg bridge problem changed mathematics

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Global Economics

Why can't we just print money to pay off debt?

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Linguistics

Why are bad words bad?

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Design, Engineering & Technology

How coffee got quicker | Moments of Vision 2

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Value of the Arts

The Case For Andy Warhol

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Geography

Real life sunken cities

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Measurement

Why the metric system matters

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History

How did Hitler rise to power?

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