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Aeon

How Europe Became So Rich

In a time of great powers and empires, just one region of the world experienced extraordinary economic growth. How?

Culture Study

Is Everything an MLM?

In a pyramid scheme, the integrity of the whole is contingent upon the retainment of each individual part; at the same time, growth can only through continual expansion of the base.

BBC Travel

The Woman Who Walked Around the World

Seeking a deeper connection to the world, Angela Maxwell set off to walk it alone. Six years and 20,000 miles later, she brought that connection home.

Bon Appétit

Fall-Apart Caramelized Cabbage

This is one of the easiest, most delicious ways to cook down a whole head of cabbage until it’s falling-apart tender.

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Thursday, July 24
The Atlantic

A Flooded Wedding

Despite flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains, Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar decided to stick to their planned wedding date yesterday, and held the ceremony inside a flooded church in the Philippines.

The New York Times

The Trouble With Wanting Men

Women are so fed up with men that the phenomenon even has a name: heterofatalism. So what do we do with our desire?

Aeon

Humanlike?

Interpreting the emotional lives of animals requires a subtler and more nuanced understanding of anthropomorphism.

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How to Wear a Fitness Tracker Without Putting It on Your Wrist

The typical location for a fitness tracker is on your wrist, but not everybody enjoys wearing a watch, or is allowed to at work. (Cooks and surgeons, I see you.) Or maybe you like watches so much you’d rather wear a real watch on your wrist, and have your

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