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Is This the House Where Juliet Once Loved Romeo? — Is This the House Where Juliet Once Loved Romeo?

The number of visitors to this self-proclaimed Shakespearean “city of love” typically swells during the week around Valentine’s Day

The Enlightenment Writers of Popular Science — The Enlightenment Writers of Popular Science

French writers such as Voltaire and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle helped shape the Enlightenment with stories of science

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From ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq, the threat to a region's water supply is the cruelest cut of all

Henry VII's Marriage Bed Spent 15 Years in a Hotel — Henry VII's Marriage Bed Spent 15 Years in a Hotel

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