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Atlases Prefer Blondes
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A Mountain of Crockery with a Pearl Earring
A mountain of crockery with a pearl earring. The artist is Emil Schwarzler
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In life, the cantankerous alarm clock from Beauty and the Beast is considerably larger than in the film
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Another Stroke of Genius on Avito
Another stroke of genius on Avito. Yeltsin plays billiards with the presidents of the Union republics as the balls, and Gorbachev, naturally, breaks the USSR
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Mary of Teck as a grandmother and the question of her strictness
Was Mary of Teck a strict grandmother? Hm, let me think
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Prehistoric people feasting in Viktor Vasnetsov’s “Stone Age”, 1883
The Stone Age. A Feast. Viktor Vasnetsov, 1883 *My leopard skin is prettily reflected in the glass in the centre
London · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
The names Archie and Lilibet chosen by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for their children
This is what the line of succession to the English crown looks like now. I have one question about this list: does it really mean that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have named their children ARCHIE and LILIBET? All this time I had assumed these were diminutives of some
Art · Museums · Nature · Humour
Hundreds of frogs playing tennis and billiards, brawling in a tavern, fighting with rulers at school, performing acrobatic stunts and going about other ordinary human business: this is one of the most unusual museums in the world, the museum of frog taxid
Hundreds of frogs playing tennis and billiards, brawling in a tavern, fighting with rulers at school, performing acrobatic stunts and going about other ordinary human business: this is one of the most unusual museums in the world, the museum of frog taxidermy in the Croatian city of Split. The Hungarian
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Who decides whether a writer is justly forgotten, with Tatishchev and Kheraskov as examples
When a writer is said to be unjustly forgotten, it is worth asking: how is it determined whether a person has been forgotten deservedly or not? Is there some committee that establishes this? Or is it estimated by eye? Tatishchev, for instance, is unjustly forgotten, whereas Kheraskov is quite deservedly
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A Fine Sarcophagus: Worth Taking
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Queen Louise of Sweden carried a card stating her title while walking in London
Prince Philip's aunt and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's niece, Queen Louise of Sweden (1889-1965), née Battenberg, often visited London, and once a bus nearly ran her down there. After this unpleasantness Queen Louise, when walking the streets of London, always carried a small card printed with