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The Light and Airy Lyre Has Plucked Its Way Through the Ages
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The lyre is a small U-shaped harp that has appeared all over the world, from the ancient Greco-Roman culture, to India, Africa and beyond. Do people still play this ancient stringed instrument?
WWII Sparked America's Shark Obsession, Not 'Jaws' or Shark Week
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Decades before Discovery started its wildly successful Shark Week, Americans were transfixed by stories of shark-infested waters.
How White America Tried to Eliminate Chinese Restaurants in the Early 1900s
In the early 20th century, the white establishment considered Chinese restaurants a threat. HowStuffWorks explains the war on Chinese restaurants.
Plains Indians Tell Their Stories Through Ledger Art
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Plains Indian men kept historical records of their tribes in art. First with petroglyphs and pictographs and then on buffalo hides. When the white man came, they moved their art to ledger books.
Are Mermaids Real? A Look at Mermaid Myths Across Cultures
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From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" to C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia" series to Alice Hoffman's "Aquamarine," mermaids have been a fixture in literature and pop culture for centuries. But are mermaids real?
Exploring the Balkan States: 10 Countries on 1 Peninsula
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The Balkan states (sometimes colloquially referred to as simply "the Balkans") are a diverse and historically rich set of countries that span across southeastern Europe.
22 Old Anime Series and Movies That Set a High Bar
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"Old" is a relative term; not everything millennials and previous generations hold sacred should be considered ancient just yet.
What Was So Lucky About Mafia Boss Charles 'Lucky' Luciano?
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The gangster most known for facilitating the creation of the modern American Mafia, he was the head of organized crime in New York City in the 1930s.
5 Facts About the Immortal Butch Cassidy
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Butch Cassidy was a notorious bank robber who led the outlaws known as the Wild Bunch. He blazed his way through the Wild West, never killing a soul. Or did he?
PEMDAS: Remembering Math's Order of Operations
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A simple math problem may seem to some of us like an inscrutable pile of numbers and symbols, just waiting to trip us up. PEMDAS to the rescue!