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Pliny the Elder’s radical idea to catalog knowledge
Knowable en Español via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmong the achievements of the ancient Roman Empire still acclaimed today, historians list things like aqueducts, roads, legal theory, exceptional...
Stunning facts about Venus, Earth's 'sister planet,' where every day is 900 degrees
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVenus was the goddess of beauty in ancient Rome and her brightly shining planetary namesake lives up...
The Catholic church still practices exorcism. 7 things to know about the ancient practice
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere are approximately 150 Catholic priests in the United States who practice exorcism, an ancient...
In the Ruins of Edward Gibbon’s Masterpiece
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThere is an old joke. A student at Oxford attends a cocktail party with members of the faculty. Hoping to impress these august dons, the student casually...
Italian lawmakers approve 10 million euros for long-delayed Holocaust Museum in Rome
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoItalian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to back a long-delayed project to build a Holocaust...
Letters to the editor: Who in Williamsport wants a new library?
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWilliamsport library patron wonders who in the community wants to relocate the facility To the...
Your New Year’s Resolution, by Zodiac Sign (and How to Keep It)
Cosmopolitan via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYour New Year’s Resolution, by Zodiac SignGetty/Margie Rischiotto The end of one year and beginning...
Aging Graciously: Driving, are we doing it right?
The Times-Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI was chatting with someone who had spent a great deal of time in Europe recently, and wondered how they had adjusted to driving on the left-hand side of...
39-Year-Old 4.77 MHz DOS Web Server Hits 2,500 Hours of Uptime
Tom's Hardware via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBrutman Labs web server Behind the simple but not-unappealing website of Brutman Labs, there are...
JU law professor: Why amicus curiae briefs are a fixture at the U.S. Supreme Court
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2022-2023 term on Oct. 3, an interesting brief caught the...
