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Which US President Are You Most Like?
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US Presidents run the gamut from the likable to the surreal and paranoid. They all started out as ordinary people though, so we all have things in common with them. Which are you most like?
Decorating a Room
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Decorating a room offers the chance to put your individual style on display and make a space unique. Learn how to design a room in a style you'll love.
How Bobby-soxers Worked
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For more information about bobby soxers and related topics, check out these articles.
How the Lost Generation Works
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Who are the members of the Lost Generation? Read about the Lost Generation at HowStuffWorks.
How Cubism Works
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Cubism is an artistic movement that changed art forever. Visit HowStuffWorks to learn all about cubism.
Why Plato Considered the Poet Sappho the Tenth Muse
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We have just a fraction of Sappho's works, but what we have reveal her personal voice in Greek lyric poetry. Just who was this woman that so inspired even Plato?
Why Did Hitler Write 'Mein Kampf'?
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In 1925, Adolf Hitler published the first volume of a semi-autobiographical book that laid out his racist policies. But should anyone read it?
Red Roses or Yellow? Every Flower Has a Secret Meaning
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Floriography - the association of flowers with special virtues and sentiments - has been a practice from antiquity to the present day.
The Many Lives of the Mysterious Queen of Sheba
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One of the few female figures represented in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, the Queen of Sheba is also the mother of the Ethiopian nation.
Can You Identify All of These Patterns?
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Checkered shirt? How about gingham, houndstooth, tartan or Madras? Anyone with even a hint of fashion sense knows that there are more styles of checkered patterns than there are clothes in an average closet. Think you can ID the most popular patterns, checkered or otherwise? Take this quiz to find out!