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When Archimedes discovered the principle of displacement, he was hot on the trail of a clever fraud.
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Posted April 12 2021
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In 64, Nero watched on with fascination as Rome was consumed by fire — the Emperor’s idea of performance art.
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Posted April 9 2021
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Demosthenes was about sixteen when he decided he wanted to be a lawyer, but he was the most unpromising advocate imaginable.
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Posted March 27 2021
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Plutarch tells us how Alexander the Great came to bond with Bucephalus, the mighty stallion that bore him to so many victories.
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Posted March 16 2021
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God alone can save civilisation, said Socrates, when clever campaign strategists teach aspiring politicians how to play on the public’s hopes and fears.
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Posted November 6 2020
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Alexander, who had just taken the bath intended for his vanquished enemy Darius of Persia and was now eating Darius’s supper, was interrupted by a commotion in the camp.
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Posted October 7 2020