A Brief History of Things

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The rise and fall of handwritten signatures

Rediscovering Bob Marley in Aisle 10

Santa Claus is buried in Italy

Guys named James. An author's nightmare?

Who was the real William Shakespeare?

Do women today have too much to do?

Every cello is a time machine

Time traveling through DNA memories

Four mysteries of Mozart's death

How Monks Perfected Beer

How many generations does it take to build a cathedral?

George Washington's runaway slave

George Washington's runaway slave

A six-string dream machine

A six-string dream machine

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."

Overlooked history, music, art and the occasional nod to science that inspires fiction.

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