The image of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom is found throughout that society, from postage stamps to coins. No surprise that tradition is involved.
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King Charles is amending a law in order to keep Prince Andrew and Prince Harry away from power. Here's how King Charles is amending the rule.
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St. Patrick's Day sees the world turn green; Valentine's Day is bedecked with red. But why is Halloween so consistently associated with certain colors?
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British royalty certainly lives royally, but not always in palaces or castles. Here are some British royal residences you've never heard of before.
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The American Civil War was fought between the North and the South from 1861 to 1865. This is how the war started and its major turning points over four years.
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German soldiers paid their respects after the death of a U.S. soldier in World War I.
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Pablo Picasso is renowned for his painting, so his very first word probably won't come as a surprise to you. His first word was an allusion to an artistic tool.
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How Europe's longest-reigning monarch, the queen of Denmark stunned her royal family with an anouncement some of them weren't happy about.
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Dinosaurs continue to fascinate, even after their extinction. In fact, a North Dakota excavation had one paleontologist rethinking the dinosaurs' extinction.
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Britain's longest-reigning royal, Queen Elizabeth II, might not have been ruling over the kingdom for quite as long as the public originally suspected.
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Part of the grounds of LSU's campus show human activity from so long ago, not even the Egyptian pyramids are as old as this ancient finding.
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The Boy Scouts have a long history with many traditions. Here is the meaning behind their left-hand handshake, explained.
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Ernest Hemingway is perhaps equally famous for his contributions to American literature and his adventures pursuing creatures in the wilds. He also loved cats.
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Despite Queen Elizabeth's eventful reign, final year was mostly defined by private moments. This is what the last 12 months of Queen Elizabeth's life were like.
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Music is often described as the universal language, which speaks when words are insufficient. Music can span centuries, as Lizzo recently demonstrated.
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The British royal guards have an illustrious military history, and their uniforms having meaning beyond being merely ornamental.
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A Galileo manuscript thought to be one of the most important pieces at the University of Michigan went from treasure to trash as it turned out to be fake.
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On September 26, 2022, a short, simple death notice was posted on the obituary page of the British national newspaper The Times for Lady Mary Russell.
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The deep roots and interconnectedness of British high society is rarely more evident than at times of transitions of power within the monarchy itself.
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Hurricanes are genuinely impressive forces of nature that also leave a wake of destruction and death. A 1921 Florida storm had intense impact on agriculture.
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The Wild West is full of lore, steeped in fact yet outlandishly overblown. Let's look at how folks in the Wild West cut loose and enjoyed their time.
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You might wonder why things in Europe went so very wrong so very quickly in the mid-1900s. Here's the World War II European front timeline explained.
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Catherine de Medici earned a reputation for being spiteful, manipulative, and very deadly. Here are the most gruesome accusations against Catherine de Medici.
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The idea of childhood today is far different from what it was like during the time of the Old West, a time in which frontier families were often on the move.
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Six maids of honour assisted Queen Elizabeth II during her coronation ceremony.
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Y2K may have been somewhat anticlimactic, but it ushered in a new era. Here are some moments in the first decade of the millennium worth remembering.
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Severe weather can have devastating consequences, especially by powerful hurricanes. Florida's Tampa Bay, however, seems to have dodged several such events.
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