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The white genocide, white extinction, or white replacement conspiracy theory is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that claims there is a deliberate...

Hair removal, also known as epilation or depilation, is the deliberate removal of body hair or head hair. Hair typically grows all over the human body...

Events from the year 1634 in Ireland. Monarch: Charles I 11 November – the Irish House of Commons passes an Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Buggery...

The social attitudes toward and legal status of breastfeeding in public vary widely in cultures around the world. In many countries, both in the Global...

Jødekager, also known as Joedekager (meaning "Jewish cookie" in Danish), is a popular cookie of Danish Jewish origin. The cookie originated in the Danish...

Levett is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from [de] Livet, which is held particularly by families and individuals resident in England and British...

The 40s decade ran from January 1, AD 40, to December 31, AD 49. Claudius became Roman Emperor in 41, following the assassination of Caligula. In 43, he...

The 10s decade ran from January 1, AD 10, to December 31, AD 19. In Europe, the decade saw the end of the Early Imperial campaigns in Germania when Roman...

The king asleep in mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson's motif index system) is a prominent folklore trope found in many folktales and legends. Thompson...

In astronomy, an octaeteris (Greek: ὀκταετηρίς, plural: octaeterides) is the period of eight solar years after which the moon phase occurs on the same...

The concept of a carceral archipelago was first used by the French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault in his 1975 publication, Surveiller et Punir...

A gag rule is a rule that limits or forbids the raising, consideration, or discussion of a particular topic, often but not always by members of a legislative...

Stari Pisker (meaning in colloquial Slovene: an old pot) is a former prison in Celje, Slovenia. During World War II the German occupation forces committed...

Vazul, or Vászoly, (before 997–1031 or 1032) was a member of the House of Árpád, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians. The only other...

The history of Burgundy stretches back to the times when the region was inhabited in turn by Celts, Romans (Gallo-Romans), and in the 5th century, the...

Kathleen B. Burke (September 5, 1913 – April 9, 1980) was an American movie actress of the 1930s and former model. Born in Hammond, Indiana, in 1913,[citation...

Miroslav Kárný (9 September 1919 – 9 May 2001) was a historian and writer from Prague, Czechoslovakia. Kárný was born into an assimilated Jewish family...

Margaret Rodgers AM (18 December 1939 – 31 May 2014) was a prominent deaconess and lay-person in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Rodgers was Principal...

Jan Sviták (23 December 1898 – 11 May 1945) was a Czech actor and film director. He was an important exponent of Czechoslovak film in the interwar period...

Saint Joan of Arc is a biography of Joan of Arc by Vita Sackville-West first published in New York and London in 1936. The Grove Press (New York City)...