Rations

Available and rationed items during World War II.

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Charts & Graphs travel

The Sun Never Sets

Britons comment on their colonies.

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Charts & Graphs arts & letters

Everyone a Critic

Artworks altered or destroyed.

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Charts & Graphs death

Reanimators

Techniques for returning from the land of the dead.

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Charts & Graphs food

Foreign Delicacies

In just three easy steps!

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Charts & Graphs luck

Strange Derivatives

Juice futures, job futures, milk futures.

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Charts & Graphs spies

The Spy Who Works for Me

Fifteen hundred years of industrial espionage.

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Charts & Graphs travel

Carry-on Baggage

Intentional and unintentional cultural transmissions.

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Charts & Graphs book of nature

Something from Nothing

Archaic notions of spontaneous generation.

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Charts & Graphs water

Something in the Water

Dubiously potent potables.

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Charts & Graphs freedom

Antislavery Road Show

Mapping the Underground Railroad.

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Charts & Graphs magic shows

For Better or Worse

The origins of lucky and unlucky charms.

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Charts & Graphs revolutions

Lending a Hand

Foreign rebels, revolutionaries, and freedom fighters.

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Charts & Graphs trade

Hot Commodities

Pricey fads, then and now.

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Charts & Graphs food

Top Chefs

Triumphs and tragedies of French culinary masters.

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