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The Last Straw
about 7 hours ago
In Marriage and Morals (1929), Bertrand Russell mentions that, while “[c]ruelty is...
Black and White
about 20 hours ago
By Esteban Puig y Puig, Skakbladet, 1906. White to mate in two...
The Brazil Nut Effect
2 days ago
Image: Wikimedia Commons When a container of granular material is shaken, we...
Commitment
3 days ago
“Deddicacion” of Scottish philologist James Elphinstone’s 1786 proposal on spelling reform, Propriety...
Providence
4 days ago
In 1805, New England missionary Jacob Cram proposed to evangelize among the...
Noted
5 days ago
Image: Wikimedia Commons J.M. Roberts’ 1987 Hutchinson History of the World contains...