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From the Cabinet of Curiosities: Tutivillus Is Watching You
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For medieval scribes, mistakes couldn’t be easily shrugged off, as Tutivillus, the stickler demon, was always looking over their shoulders.
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From the Cabinet of Curiosities: Christopher, the Dog-Headed Saint
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Although the tradition has largely faded in the Western church, Saint Christopher sported a canine head through much of Christian history.
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From the Cabinet of Curiosities: Tavolette: Paintings to Comfort the Condemned
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Charged with saving the immortal souls of the condemned, comforters held tavolette showing the Crucifixion in front of the eyes of those facing execution.
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From the Cabinet of Curiosities: Coco De Mer: The Magical Derrière of the Sea
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Once viewed as a precious item of mysterious origin, the seed of the coco do mer palm, though better understood today, remains a rare and valuable commodity.
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From the Cabinet of Curiosities: When the Bishop Married the Abbess
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When a new bishop was installed in the see of medieval Florence, he was also expected to marry—at least symbolically—the abbess of San Pier Maggiore.
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From the Cabinet of Curiosities: Terroir Terror: The 1911 Champagne Riots
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An environmental crisis and a dispute over regional boundaries sent both rioters and rivers of champagne pouring into the streets of Aube.
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From the Cabinet of Curiosities: Hocktide: A Medieval Fest of Flirtation and Finances
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The springtime holiday of Hocktide not only allowed villagers to cross social boundaries in the name of fun, it helped them raise funds for nonsecular needs.
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Our new report shows that private equity has consistently outperformed the broader stock market & other major asset classes over the long term. That’s why public pensions rely on private equity to help keep plans funded for millions of teachers, police officers, & firefighters.
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A recent study showed that teenagers whose best friend’s mother was college-educated were 60 percent more likely to complete college themselves.
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Parents, teachers, and family income affect educational and life outcomes for teenagers, but so does their best friend’s mother.
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In 1845, near Birr Castle in Ireland, workers put the finishing touches on a gigantic telescope.
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In the 1840s, the Leviathan of Parsonstown, built by William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, became the largest telescope in the world.
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Glenn McPherson, the bureaucrat largely responsible for selling off the property of interned Japanese Canadians during WWII, was also a secret agent working for the British.
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Glenn McPherson, the bureaucrat largely responsible for selling off the property of interned Japanese Canadians during World War II, was also a secret agent.
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On May 10, 2024, people across the Northern Hemisphere got to witness the impact of major solar activities on Earth’s space weather. https://t.co/cNmb7g1eIp
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Studying them will help scientists monitor future space weather.
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Along with teachings on liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth, the Tibetan Buddhist tradition contains guidance on removing impediments to compassion.
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Along with teachings on liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth, the Tibetan Buddhist tradition contains guidance on removing impediments to compassion.
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In the 1840s, the Leviathan of Parsonstown, built by William Parsons, third earl of Ross, became the largest telescope in the world.
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In the 1840s, the Leviathan of Parsonstown, built by William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, became the largest telescope in the world.
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The US Postal Service has long been embroiled in political debates—going back to its very founding centuries ago.
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The United States Postal Service is under federal scrutiny. It’s not the first time.
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Natural history is a vast and evolving field once you realize its boundaries extend far beyond Europe. Here’s a reading list to get you primed.
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This annotated bibliography samples scholarship on the rich—and difficult—history of natural history.
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The Buddhist perspective calls for understanding individuals as impermanent constructs created by forces outside their control, making anger toward them illogical.
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Along with teachings on liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth, the Tibetan Buddhist tradition contains guidance on removing impediments to compassion.
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The sestina form is often attributed to Arnaut Daniel, a twelfth-century Provençal troubadour writing in the Occitan language. Since then, the form has been adopted by countless poets across many different languages.
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The sestina form features the repetition of end words across stanzas. Here are sestinas by Louise Glück, Terrance Hayes, Elizabeth Bishop, Patricia Smith, and more.
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Not surprisingly, parents, teachers, and family income affect educational and life outcomes for teenagers—but so does their best friend’s mother.
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Parents, teachers, and family income affect educational and life outcomes for teenagers, but so does their best friend’s mother.
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