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Think you know Shakespeare? Five of his most famous characters—from Hamlet to Cleopatra—were inspired by real-life people.

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The late Bart Starr was a Super Bowl star twice, setting the standard for quarterbacks for decades to come. Starr led the ...

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From arsenic-laced dyes to lead-based skincare, Regency-era women followed these five beauty trends—at their own risk.

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Flags flew from battlefields to sea, to everyday civic life, becoming widespread emblems of communities, governments, and causes. Today, flags appear on front porches, decorate bumper stickers, and ...

Your “gut feeling” isn’t just a figure of speech. Science explains where intuition really comes from—and when you should ...

One of the torch lightings that sticks out for fans was in Barcelona in 1992 when Spanish Paralympian Antonio Rebollo was chosen for his archery skills to send a flaming arrow through the gas emitted ...

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