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AFP - Presentation/The Story Behind The Photo: Pope John Paul II Fighting The Winds Of Change
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The Archaeology Channel - Atipanakuy

This video of two Peruvian “scissors dancers” seems to be making some sort of point about the struggle between native Peruvian and imposed Spanish culture through the ages, but I’m damned if I can make it out. It’s in Quechua with Spanish and English subtitles, but the text seems to [...]

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Ancient dagger found in Bulgaria

It’s made of an alloy of gold and platinum that wasn’t believed to exist for another millennium. Although it’s broken into at least 2 pieces, it’s still sharp enough to shave with, according to one observer. It’s 5,000 years old, and was once the most beautiful [...]

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NOOOOO! They’ve installed advertising flatscreens in the elevators at work! It’s not truly “television,” but it’s yet another commercial intrusion into one of life’s little bastions of peace. It was bad enough when Muzak was all the rage, and you were forced to listen as you went from floor to floor, but I had [...]

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