The tolerant and worryingly modern Vikings
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The intelligence of earthworms
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A history of pizza
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In the 19th century, American theatres provided the stage for a war between high and low culture, the elite and ‘Know-Nothings’ – and Britain and the US. In 1849, events turned bloody.
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Gutenberg’s Bible: The Real Information Revolution – how one of the greatest advances in human culture also helped divide Christendom
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A very brief history of the Manx language
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For 1,500 years, Western Europe ‘forgot’ how to swim, retreating from the water in terror. The return to swimming is a lesser-known triumph of the Enlightenment.
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The first Japanese man in America: A teenager shipwrecked on a Pacific atoll helped transform relations between Japan and the United States
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The exotic dead animals that appeared in the menageries of Victorian Britain’s grand exhibitions were far from perfect specimens. Stuffed, stitched, painted hybrids – accuracy was not a priority.
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