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History classes may have taught us plenty of important things about all the different presidents we've had over the past two centuries, but there are actually a lot of interesting facts about our presidents that many might not know — including which president was a lifelong bachelor and which...
This final article about sentient statues has combined, to some extent, all of the previous themes. Statues of Mary in theCantigasare always described as irresistibly beautiful, a result of the Catholic Church’s response to descriptions of adored women in troubadourfin’amor. Implicit throughout ...
But I’m more interested inhow Buffett made his money. And while there’s few new facts about Buffett’s deals inThe Snowball, the biographical format does put them into context. You get to see what makes him tick. Here areseven interesting things I learned about Warren BuffettfromThe Snowb...