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Children Behind Bars: Mugshots from Oxford Gaol in the 1870s
The faded black-and-white mugshots of children imprisoned in the 1870s at Oxford Gaol offer a haunting glimpse into a time when justice...


The Legend of ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill: The Soldier Who Fought WWII with a Bow, Sword, and Bagpipes
Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. Jack Churchill, “Fighting Jack” Churchill, and “Mad Jack” Churchill, a British soldier who fought throughout World War II armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword. "Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." That was John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill's actual justification for carrying a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword into battle against the German army in 19


The Invention We Won’t Be Able to Live Without in 20 Years: The Rise of the Adaptive Companion System
In 2005, many of us still carried clunky flip phones, printed directions from MapQuest, and burned CDs for road trips. Fast forward...
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