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How KFC became Japan's go-to Xmas dinner

5 holiday-ready potato recipes

Horror stories of "The Nutcracker"

Christmas trees are older than Christmas

Climate may have driven Huns to raid

Horror stories of "The Nutcracker"

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Climate may have driven Huns to raid

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There really is a "great replacement"

There really is a "great replacement"

Is voting for Republicans literally killing white people in rural America? Because the correlation is striking

The Windsors outdid themselves in 2022

The Windsors outdid themselves in 2022

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How KFC became Japan's go-to Xmas dinner

Japan began embracing American fast food after WWII, and the country's KFC holiday offerings go beyond the bucket

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I notice how our rings press against each other. We watch as the zebras stroll to a hilltop above the waves

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