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How Two Teenage Dutch Sisters Ended Up Joining the Resistance and Assassinating Nazis During World War II

Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940 and quickly overpowered the country’s small forces.

An Introduction to Surrealism: The Big Aesthetic Ideas Presented in Three Videos

Before surrealism became Merriam Webster's word of the year in 2016 for its useful description of reality, it applied to art that incorporates t…

An Animated Introduction to Medieval Taverns: Learn the History of These Rough-and-Tumble Ancestors of the Modern Pub

When I think of the medieval tavern, I see grim footage from Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and grimy drinking scenes from Game of Thrones and Lord…