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10 Things You Might Not Know About Napoleon Bonaparte

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December 19, 2020
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1. Though the future emperor of France was baptized as Napoléon, his parents nicknamed him Nabulio. In fact, there’s a restaurant called Nabulio in Nice, France, aptly located on Rue Bonaparte. 2. He became France’s ruler, but Napoleon Bonaparte was not a Frenchman by birth...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophy

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December 18, 2020
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1. Ludwig Wittgenstein was born into a very wealthy Viennese family and grew up in a house where composers Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, and Gustav Mahler were frequent visitors. 2. Not surprisingly, as a child he studied music and learned to whistle entire concertos. But...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Literature

By Liza Lentini
December 18, 2020
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1.Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, IL, a middle-class suburb just outside of Chicago, which Hemingway with great contempt described as a town of “wide yards and narrow minds.” Oak Park, however, has fondly erected a Hemingway Museum in...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock Film

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December 17, 2020
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1. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 film Blackmail is considered to be the first British “talkie,” despite the fact that it actually began production as a silent film. British International Pictures initially wanted to use sound in the last scene, but Hitchcock decided to shoot the entire...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Darwin

Biology Charles Darwin

By Liza Lentini
December 16, 2020
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1. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Today, his interest in plant life would have rendered little Charles a genius, but back in Darwin’s day his teachers felt such studies were superfluous, and discouraged his interest in the natural world around him. 2....

10 Things You Might Not Know About Winston Churchill

Politics Winston Churchill

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December 9, 2020
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1. Winston Churchill’s teachers described him as unambitious, rebellious, and violent, and said that he could not be trusted to behave himself in any situation. 2. Even though he was known for his remarkable ability to make stirring speeches, he actually suffered from a speech...

10 Things You Might Not Know About William Faulkner

Literature William Faulkner

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November 25, 2020
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1. William Faulkner (1897–1962) was reportedly inspired to become a writer by his great-grandfather, Colonel William Falkner (1825–1889), who, aside from being a soldier, lawyer, and politician also authored some novels, poems, a travelogue, and a play. As a child, Faulkner is thought to have...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Sylvia Plath

Literature Sylvia Plath

By Brandon Gonzales
October 27, 2020
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1. Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) published her first poem at eight years old in the Boston Herald. The poem was four lines long and simply titled, “Poem.” Plath wrote, “Hear the crickets chirping / In the dewy grass. / Bright little fireflies / Twinkle as they...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Napoleon Bonaparte

10 Things You Might Not Know About Ludwig Wittgenstein

10 Things You Might Not Know About Ernest Hemingway

10 Things You Might Not Know About Alfred Hitchcock

10 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Darwin

10 Things You Might Not Know About Winston Churchill

10 Things You Might Not Know About William Faulkner

10 Things You Might Not Know About Sylvia Plath

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