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It tends to be common knowledge that Albert Einstein was bad at school, but less known is that he was also bad in school. Einstein not...

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The recent passing of dissident and former 1989 Tianamen Square student leader Liu Xiaobo has arguably left a yawning gap in that the...

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Based on external appearances alone, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems like an amiable sort, the kind (to paraphrase Margaret...