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May 05, 2013
One can hardly visit the main page of any social networking site without being bombarded by the accomplishments of an adorable pet, but pride in one’s animal friends stretches far beyond the digital age. In 1895, a British weekly magazine released a collection of letters detailing the amazing accomplishments of dogs.
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April 10, 2013
Animals have long been used for physical labor—but what does it mean to do a job, and not truly comprehend it?
Read MoreApril 05, 2013
It’s long been suggested that animals (dogs, cats, and even dolphins) have connections to other worlds. A history of animal sixth senses, from ancient Egypt to modern-day Alaska.
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March 20, 2013
Beautiful, expensive, and rare, rose champagne has been the drink of choice for courtesans and kings for centuries.
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March 19, 2013
How Thomas De Quincey turned his debilitating addiction to opium into a revival of the English essay.
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March 14, 2013
Starting on the Mayflower, the pilgrims had a complicated relationship with alcohol—one modern history tends to ignore.
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February 20, 2013
Total freak-out or total bliss? For centuries, LSD and its derivatives have been dreamland for the initiated, and a nightmare for those caught unawares.
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February 11, 2013
In 1911 Coca-Cola was put on trial by the U.S. government, not because it contained cocaine, but because of a far more addictive substance: caffeine.
Read More2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.
