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Canaan
Canaan (Hebrew: כְּנַעַן Kəna‘an – “submissive, subject”) was the son of Ham and grandson of Noah (Gen. 9:18). After Ham’s disrespect for Noah, the latter pronounced a curse not on...
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Sacrifice for Science: Why Galileo Galilei’s Fingers and Teeth Are in a Museum
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The father of corruption in Russia, Prince Menshikov
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April 14, 1912 – Titanic Sinks
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The Pentagon building was inspired by an Italian palace
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The creation of Iran
When in 330 BC the army of Alexander the Great captured the capitals of the Achaemenid Empire, it seemed that ancient Persia was finally destroyed. The palace in Persepolis was...