…Hakuna Matata
Category: Geography
Historians and archaeologists say the oldest and largest ancient pyramids are in Egypt and Mexico. One Bosnian wizard says they’re wrong.
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Fire Underfoot
Separated by 9,900 miles, two underground blazes still burn after 50 years.
What is a Berliner, anyway?
Sequoyah didn’t know how to read; he still taught the Cherokee to write.
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The Polish Tango
Let’s take Poland and push it somewhere else.
How a population of prehistoric plankton led to particular political prominence in the American south.
A recent flare-up in a century-old conflict renews seeds of ethnic discord, memoirs of the USSR.
How the King of Belgium stole the Congo and everything in it.
Africa’s largest island is located 260 miles off its Eastern coast, but its first settlers took the scenic route.