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Ask how many Norse gods there are and the honest answer is that the sources never settle it. The two medieval Icelandic books that preserve …
A heated mattress pad goes under your fitted sheet and warms the bed from below, which is a different thing from an electric blanket in …
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Ask what Nikola Tesla invented and you get two kinds of answer. One is a short list that is mostly right: the alternating-current induction motor, …
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The 25 most famous buildings in the world, ancient to modern, with the year and city for each, the architect where one is known, and a photograph of every one.
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Thirty inventions that changed the world, from fire and the wheel to the transistor, the internet and mRNA vaccines, each with its inventor, its date and a photograph.