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During his 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela’s most powerful tools were a pen and paper. Well before he became South Africa's first Black president in 1994, Mandela was leading the fight against ...

In the years since the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, the city has become a monument to peace and the dream of a world without nuclear weapons.

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What would you find inside a typical Viking home? From combs to looms, these household staples paint a surprisingly domestic picture of Norse life.

But why is waving a white flag used as a symbol of capitulation or surrender? ​Well, given that historians in ancient Rome and ancient China were referring to a white flag being used in times of ...