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In the second century BCE, Han Dynasty Emperor Wu so desired a herd of “blood-sweating” horses from Central Asia that he was willing to wage war over them.

We may have heard enough about xenophobia, the fear of the stranger. But what of its opposite, the love for a stranger, better known as hospitality?

In 1963, more than thirty Mexican guest workers died in a terrible accident in California. The fallout helped turn farmworkers’ rights into a national cause.

As radio matured in the twentieth century, politicians harnessed the technology in different ways to break down barriers between them and the public.

The “Moho,” short for the Mohorovičić discontinuity, is a long way down.

The turkey was semi-domesticated and kept in pens in the American Southwest some 2,000 years ago—but not for the reason you think.

Why do we love donning period costumes and re-enacting our history through mock battles, pioneer villages, and Renaissance Faires?

The use of sensory stimulants like incense gave Jesuits a common framework with the North American nations they encountered on missionary trips.

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