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The Only Slap Truly Worth Noticing Has Nothing to Do with the Mediocrities of the American Pop Industry

The only slap truly worth noticing has nothing to do with the mediocrities of the American pop industry. On 7 November 1968 the German journalist Beate Klarsfeld, known as a Nazi hunter, mounted the rostrum at a congress of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and boxed the ears of

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Oh, That Mad, Mad, Mad XVIIIIIIIIIIII Century

Bag-shaped object with an arched handle, its front carved in relief with eyes and eight-pointed rosettes.

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Decorated Mesopotamian weight of 2600 BC and proposed uses for the object

DIOR MINI handbag, Ancient Mesopotamia, 2600 BC. Regarded as a decorated weight, but it may quite as well have served as a part of a loom, for religious purposes, as part of a dowry or as a gift

Map of Europe titled Most used swear word, with countries shown in different colours and labelled with their most common swear words.

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Map of the most commonly used swear words in European countries

The most commonly used swear words in the countries of Europe. Just in case anyone is about to travel abroad

Detail of a painting: an archangel in a blue robe with large wings reaches toward a pedestal bearing a coat of arms, with smoke rising above it.

Faith · Art · Humour

Reynaud Levieux's 1663 painting of the Archangel Gabriel appearing to Zechariah, and Gabriel's patronage in Catholicism

The Archangel Gabriel appearing to Zacharias. Reynier Levy (Reyno Levye), 1663. In the Catholic Church the Archangel Gabriel is regarded as the patron saint of telecommunications: radio, television and, presumably, the internet.

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Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles, photograph by Cecil Beaton, 1948, Vogue

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles, photograph by Cecil Beaton, 1948, Vogue. Although the child here is only a month old, there is no tiger-cub emoji on his face. Besides being the first published photograph of Prince Charles in the magazine, it is the first royal photograph printed in the

Four identical lines reading Registration denied, separated by thin lines.

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Nine European auctions have cancelled the author's registration as a buyer

At present 9 European auction houses have cancelled my registration as a buyer. I cannot recall anyone in my whole life who has taken such tender care of the safety of my money

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When counting sheep before sleep, try not to recall that you once queued at cash machines

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Emmanuel Macron's mask, incidentally, is not a home-made affair, but is freely on sale for a mere 20 euros

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1993: Sailors Find a Child from the Titanic!

1993: Sailors find a child from the Titanic! The little girl, dressed in the fashion of 1912, was calling for her mother! Child from the Titanic found alive! On the whole, these are the only newspapers I see any point in reading.

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It Turns Out That Dreadful Corner Sofas Existed in Russia Two Hundred Years Ago

A nude young woman reclines on a bed holding a book, a cat sleeps beside her, and an image of the Madonna and Child hangs on the wall.

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Philippe-Jacques van Bree’s painting “Nude” of 1868

She might at least have been ashamed before the icons. Philippe-Jacques van Bree, Nude, 1868