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These Tiny Baroque Prints Once Served as Edible Prayers
The sacred scraps were meant to be ingested.
Articles by Amelia Soth
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In the 1800s, This British Isle Was Covered in Groves of 12-Foot-Tall Kale
Until relatively recently, it was a common sight.
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For Centuries, England's Go-To Apple Utensil Was a Sheep Bone
No dentures? No problem!
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These Coded Wine Glasses Were Used for Treasonous Toasts
The Jacobites slyly drank to a deposed king.
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During the Renaissance, Drinking Wine Was a Fight Against Physics
Successful sips were signs of nobility.
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Why Elite Romans Decorated Their Floors With Garbage
This mosaic is trash.
