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Tag: History

Crime and Punishment
July 2, 2015January 22, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

July 1, 2015July 2, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

What In The Name Of Cripes Is Porridge, Anyway?

Rolling pin
June 30, 2015November 8, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

A Brief History Of The Rolling Pin

The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gazdanov
June 8, 2015January 17, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gazdanov

Sausages
June 7, 2015November 8, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

We Explain (Poorly) The Many Ages Of Sausages

Sticks of cinnamon
June 4, 2015October 30, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

The Greatest Cinnamon Synonyms In The World!

Wheel of Manchester
June 3, 2015January 3, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Ongoing Saga of the Wheel of Manchester

Charles Bukowski Post Office
June 1, 2015January 21, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Post Office by Charles Bukowski 📪

Shawshank Redemption
May 30, 2015April 4, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Shawshank Redemption: Check Out This Groovy 8 Bit NES Version

May 28, 2015September 25, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

How To Solve Your Biggest Problems With Mustard

Super Mario Bros 3.
May 27, 2015February 16, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Super Mario Bros 3: The Super Amazing Landmark Classic

Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert
May 25, 2015November 19, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert

Pillows
May 23, 2015November 8, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

What Are Pillows? We Discover The Horrible Truth!

May 22, 2015September 25, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

What’s Better: Pomegranate Or Granite?

May 19, 2015September 25, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive New Food: rIce Cream!

Beetroot
May 13, 2015November 8, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

A Brief History Of The Beetroot

May 11, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

What Is It With Oxymorons?

May 4, 2015September 25, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

What Existed First: Orange Or Oranges?

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

Tomatoes: Exposing The Truth Behind Nature’s Greatest Fraud

Pizza
April 20, 2015September 15, 2018 Mr. Wapojif

A Brief History of the Pizza Cutter

The Stone Roses debut album front cover
April 19, 2015January 6, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

The Stone Roses: The Greatest Debut Album of All Time

Russian dolls
April 17, 2015January 11, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Matryoshka (Russian) Dolls: What The Heck Are They, Anyway?

Tamagotchi
April 8, 2015March 22, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Tamagotchi: Remembering the Pet Simulation Delight

Chess
March 25, 2015August 16, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Prawns VS Pawns: A Bewildering History Explained

Roy Porter Blood and Guts
March 21, 2015January 18, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter 😷🚑🏥

Error
March 10, 2015March 23, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

I Am Error: Zelda II’s Existential Crisis Explained

Shakespeare's famous stage direction of Exit, pursued by a bear
March 9, 2015April 5, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Exit, pursued by a bear: Notes on Shakespeare’s Odd Stage Direction 🐻

February 20, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

A Brief History Of Lipstick And Grunting

Voltaire Candide, or Optimism
February 14, 2015January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Candide, Or Optimism by Voltaire

February 5, 2015 Mr. Wapojif

Should Scientists Bring The Dodo Back To Life?

January 31, 2015March 5, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

The Very Best Of Robert Carlyle Being A Maniac In Films

The Man in the High Castle
January 18, 2015January 20, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
December 29, 2014June 22, 2025 Mr. Wapojif

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks 🎩

Jean-Paul Sartre The Age of Reason
December 13, 2014January 20, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre 🍷

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
December 3, 2014January 18, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell 🌃👨‍🍳

Lemon
November 25, 2014January 10, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Being Pelted With CS Gas? Suck On A Lemon

Knickerbocker Glory ice creams
October 20, 2014September 17, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Knickerbocker Glory: Why the name, dear?

October 5, 2014January 10, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

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