Produced by the master entertainer P. T. Barnum, a melodrama about the dangers of alcohol was the first show to run for a hundred performances in New York City.

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The complicated system that determines the High Holy Days is a relatively new creation, dating to around 350 CE.

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Although most enslaved people worked in the fields, captive workers with strong swimming and diving skills were also exploited by plantation owners.

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