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Discover the forgotten story of Dr. J. W. P. Davis, a Liberian doctor who invented a unique writing system for…
In 1815, the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora didn't just cause a "year without a summer" across the globe; it…
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L. L. Zamenhof may have invented Esperanto, but he didn't bring it to life alone. This is the story of…
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