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Sporus and Nero: The Controversial Union in Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was celebrated for its significant contributions to architecture, literature, and politics. It was also a society where certain aspects of sexual expression and relationships exhibited a degree of openness and complexity that still shocks people today. During the reign of Emperor Nero, homosexuality, though not openly discussed or embraced, could still be found […]

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How Mary Ann Brown Patten Saved Neptune’s Car From Disaster

Tales of life on the high seas have encapsulated people’s imaginations for centuries: overcoming massive storms, narrowly escaping pirate attacks, and discovering uncharted territories. But sometimes, the reality is even more intriguing than the stories. This is the case with the story of Mary Ann Brown, the 19-year-old ship captain who merely fell into the

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The Man Behind Occam’s Razor: William of Ockham

In the world of academia, there is a principle called “Occam’s Razor” (also referred to as the “Principle/Law of Parsimony”). It is the philosophy that when presented with competing hypotheses about the same prediction, one should always choose the one that requires the fewest assumptions. (This is not meant to be a method of choosing

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Living in the Shadow of The King: Benjamin Keough’s Tragic Story

Elvis Presley, the King of Rock, is one of the most recognizable characters in history. Every aspect of his life was under a microscope, from his love life to his drug use to his family. Even though he tragically passed in 1977, he had one daughter before he died: Lisa Marie Presley. Following in her

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Albert Einstein: Women, Wars, and the Atomic Bomb

For over a century now, the name Albert Einstein has been synonymous with “genius.” The epitome of super-intelligence. Every grade school student knows his name and millions of aspiring scientists study his theories hoping to discover a flicker of his brilliance in themselves. Einstein is credited with presenting seven theories that literally changed our understanding

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The Life of Cleopatra: Seductress and Intelligent Leader

Cleopatra is known to be one of the most beautiful monarchs in history. However, it must be noted that she was more than just her beauty. She was an influential leader and the last Hellenic ruler in Egypt. After her reign, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. Cleopatra was both loved and hated

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs

Over the course of three years during World War II, the United States developed a new form of warfare: the atomic bomb. It was developed through a massive secret project explored in the recent box office hit Oppenheimer. After testing the first bomb at Los Alamos on July 16, 1945, the US military immediately began

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Harvey Glatman: The Glamour Girl Killer of the 1950s

In the darkest corners of true crime history, certain names stand out as chilling reminders of the limits of depravity in the human psyche. Harvey Glatman, infamously known as the “Glamour Girl Killer,” carved a gruesome path through the 1950s, leaving a trail of victims in his wake. His actions would redefine the safety procedures

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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson: America’s First Female President

Unless you’re an American history buff or student of American Presidential history, you may never have heard the name Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. But for all intents and purposes, she served as the first de facto female President of the United States, from October 1919 to March 1921. She was the second wife of President

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: the Most Important Astronomer You Never Heard Of

By the latter half of the 1800s, the primary question among astronomers around the world was, “What are stars actually made of?” In the 1880’s, a team of Harvard researchers believed they’d answered this question. They had created a classification system whereby stars are rated according to their surface temperature. Using this rating system, the

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