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6 Fun, Wild, And Totally Random Facts About History I Need To Impart To You This Month
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 5 months agoI am a huge lover of history, to the point that my friends and family find me actively annoying....
Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSonnets still have a reputation for being about the unrequited love of a man for a woman....
Taylor Swift's Complicated Embrace of Tortured Poets
Time via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCredit - Courtesy Republic Records Who was the first tortured poet? Maybe the ancient Egyptian who wrote, sometime in the 15th century BCE, "My beloved...
‘Venice’ Review: The View From the Lagoon
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF Dennis Romano’s “Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City” begins with a series of observations about Venice made by eminent...
Why the Middle Ages have such a bad reputation
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“People have the right to live as they wish, we are no longer in the Middle Ages.” This statement, made recently by Luxembourg’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn in relation ...
Famous birthdays for July 20: Omar Epps, Judy Greer
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOmar Epps arrives on the red carpet at the "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" on July 15, 2021, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The actor...
New Book “Born To Climb” Celebrates Climbing’s Eclectic Past
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoZofia Reych's work spans the full gamut of climbing's history and manifold disciplines, blended with...
A Once Powerful Italian City Still Has Glimpses of Its Storied Past
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDeAgostini/Getty ImagesThe ossified museum city is a familiar vision—Italy contains several of these...
Why we all love a Christmas romcom
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoI fell in love last week. I’m talking euphorically, addictively, thinking about him all the time, going to bed and dreaming about him, head-over-heels...
Hillsdale College grants honorary degrees at commencement ceremony
Hillsdale Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt its 170th annual commencement ceremony on May 7, Hillsdale College awarded an honorary Doctorate...
