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The History of Vampires
When I was in middle school, one of the most famous modern series about vampires was published. There was something fascinating about the world of vampires that drew in such a huge crowd. The popular series was then turned into a movie series, and pre-teens and teenagers loved the whole…
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America’s First Serial Killer
I found a YouTube channel last week that I absolutely love. They research important and famous people from history and make a video about them. After watching one about Elizabeth Bathory, I decided that I wanted to watch more of their videos. Since I was fascinated by Bathory and the…
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Elizabeth Bathory: Infamous Serial Killer
Some of my favorite books are based on historical events or people. Anything that tells me a piece of history I might not have known automatically makes the story interesting. I recently read a historical fiction series, and I didn’t even know it until after the first book. This series…
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The History of Tattoos: Part 2
A couple weeks ago I started researching the history of tattoos because I wanted a better understanding of them. Little did I know, there is SO much history there. Tattoos date back thousands of years and have had multiple different meanings across numerous cultures. As I started learning, I kept…
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The History of Tattoos
This past week, I did something that I had been thinking about doing since college. I got my first tattoo. Aside from a couple of older relatives not being thrilled about it, I got a positive response from family and friends. People have many different reasons for getting tattoos, and…
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6 Times When Disney was Racist
I love everything Disney. My family spent a lot of time in Disney World when I was growing up, and I know many random facts about Disney that I’ll never need to know. The other day, Jeremy and I were watching one of our favorite Twitch streamers. He was looking…
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The Dark Side of Rapunzel
As I continue looking at Disney stories and how they’ve been changed and adapted, I notice that some tales have a much darker ending in older versions. There’s a lot more death and pain than Disney has in their movies, and I think it’s good to know where the origins…
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The Dark Side of Mulan
A few weeks ago, I started looking more at Disney stories and where they originated. I did a deep dive into Cinderella and found that there was even more to it than I initially thought. I decided to continue exploring Disney stories with another classic tale with origins that date…
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The Dark Side of Cinderella
Disney is known for its colorful movies with music and happy endings, but they took many of their stories from other authors. The stories that we know so well from Disney were not originally happy stories. I decided to read some of the original stories to see just how much…
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Hall of Presidents Part 4
I’m officially at the last part of my journey through history through the presidents! I started all the way back with our first president George Washington, and I will finish part four of this series with our last president, Donald Trump. Enjoy! 37. Richard Nixon January 20, 1969- August 9,…