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Cabinet of Curiosities

Peter the Great’s Beard Tax

Why did the Russian tsar seek to ban beards?

A person saving a parking spot by laying down on the concrete.

Quick Question

When Did We Start Paying to Park Our Cars?

A Curious Reader asks: When and why did parking become monetized?

Editors' Picks

Politics & History

Genesis of the Modern American Right

During the Great Depression, financial elites translated European fascism into an American form that joined high capital with lower middle-class populism.

Education & Society

Life Advice From the Armed Forces

These American Forces Information Service posters shared via JSTOR by The University of Alabama in Huntsville offer us the wisdom we didn’t know we needed.

Education & Society

Margaret Geoga on the Ambiguities of Ancient Texts

An interview with Margaret Geoga, an Egyptologist who examines “wisdom instructions” to see how their interpretation differs between readers and over time.

Education & Society

Tips from a Librarian on Using JSTOR for Research

Follow these first steps toward success with your new research project.

Arts & Culture

Lesya Ukrainka: Ukraine’s Beloved Writer and Activist

“Lesya Ukrainka” was a carefully considered pseudonym for a writer who left behind a legacy of poems, plays, essays and activism for the Ukrainian language.

Peter the Great’s Beard Tax

When Did We Start Paying to Park Our Cars?

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