This table was built during the time of Russian Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, allowing people to eat without servants around.

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Empress Josephine is one of history’s great enigmas. She went from outsider to one of the most powerful women in the nation—but was she a cunning genius, or a simple pawn in a game of thrones?

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Cha Joo-young plays Queen Wongyeong, the queen who helped her husband ascend the throne, but then refused to unreservedly obey him.

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Since the Davenport opened in 1914, it has been known as Spokane’s “living room” and folks would make their date to “meet me ...

A teenager in Hong Kong who says she experiences gender dysphoria has not ruled out taking legal action against her school’s long hair ban for male students, after finding the first conciliation ...

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