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Aristotle Had Opinions About Skin Color. The Helen of Troy Debate Ignores Them
The casting debate escaped the internet. The history behind it is stranger than the argument.
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Joseph Pickett
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People Drive Four Hours to Eat at This Pennsylvania Pizza Hut
The instinct pulling them there outlasted Pompeii. It'll survive DoorDash, too.
May 18
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Joseph Pickett
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The Beauty Standard Didn't Evolve. It Was Engineered.
A Greek aristocrat would have looked at the modern red carpet and started ordering bread, olives, and honey cakes.
May 16
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Joseph Pickett
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Venus de Milo Was Never White
Painted skin, inlaid metal, colored eyes — and none of it survived.
May 14
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Joseph Pickett
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Post a Photo of War & Peace on Social Media and Wait.
Everyone has an opinion. Most of them haven't read it
May 13
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Joseph Pickett
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What 17,000 Wallets Teaches Us About Honesty
Across 4,000 years and 40 countries, people keep doing the same thing with a stranger's wallet. Someone wrote that into us.
May 11
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Joseph Pickett
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The Wrong Copy of a Roman Ruin
The Forum was painted. Nobody told Thomas Jefferson.
May 6
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Joseph Pickett
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What the Rebel Yell Actually Sounded Like
The Rebel Yell wasn't a yee-haw. We have recordings.
May 4
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Joseph Pickett
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The Dying Villages the Economy Leaves Behind
Factories in Russia, terraces in Croatia, same story: when the money moves on, people do too.
May 1
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Joseph Pickett
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April 2026
Beneath Split: Sewers, Secret Tunnels, and an Emperor’s Last Fortress
How a Roman retirement palace turned its basement sewer into a wedding hall — and never stopped working as a city inside a city.
Apr 28
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5 Things Most People Miss in Pompeii
Before you go to Pompeii, read this first.
Apr 26
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Joseph Pickett
Unpaid Observer – What Most People Walk Past
Top 10 Facts Most People Miss in Rome
Apr 24
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Joseph Pickett
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