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This Supercut Fits 400 Versions of A Christmas Carol Into One Movie
Watch 173 years of adaptations in under an hour.
14 Typos in First Editions
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The Time an Engineer Accidentally Started the Space Race and Changed the Course of History
A space race was never supposed to happen, but one engineer's obsession changed all of that.
One of the World’s First Audio Books Discovered in Canada
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The Van Gogh Sketchbook That Might Not Be by Van Gogh
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18th Century Books Stolen in the Late '50s Found in a Locked Wardrobe
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Marta Minujín's work challenges the repression of knowledge and free speech.
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The "Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary" is the first work of its kind to be published in nearly 50 years.
How One of the Victorian Era’s Most Famous Actors Became Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Scholars believe Stoker’s intense, sensual Count Dracula was partly inspired by his relationship with actor Henry Irving.
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Egyptian Bookstore's 'Scream Room' Lets Customers Yell All They Want
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Who Wrote History's First Blurb?
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