Thanks to the History Channel’s TV Show Vikings, Bjorn Ironside might be the most ... an Icelandic Christian who wrote about Norse mythology and Viking history in the 13th century.

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Across the world, public finances are stretched dangerously thin. Per person growth continues dropping while costs are climbing for pensions, education, health care, and defence. These urgent ...

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At Promontory Summit, Utah, in 2014, photographer Corky Lee gathered the descendants of Chinese immigrants who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869. It wasn’t the first time ...

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Myths around Black History Month continue, Whitehead said, including the idea that the U.S. government purposely chose the shortest month of the year. In reality, Woodson chose February because ...

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And that love can continue through the teen years. There's more than just Greek and Roman mythology, too. The fantastic (in every sense of the word) books on this list draw from Indian, Norse, ...

Bjorn Johnson, 47, appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Monday, charged with intentionally marking premises without prescribed consent and knowingly displaying a Nazi symbol without an excuse.