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An explorer in period clothes gesturing at indigenous people on a beach and two rowers in a boat with a sailing ship in the background, captioned about spelling sulfur with an F.

Language lessons from a demanding explorer

Cartoon of a large cockroach teaching smaller cockroaches in a classroom with a blackboard labeled HISTORY.

Cockroach history lesson on extinction

Biblical cartoon showing Moses walking dramatically among tents and sheep with other Israelites and women nearby, with text referencing his Egyptian upbringing.

When Moses’s Egyptian upbringing shows through in the camp

Ancient soldiers inspecting large wooden horse-shaped structures on wheels outside a city gate, one soldier asking ‘What's in your bag?’

Trojan Horse Security Check

Three dinosaur skeletons standing upright in a museum hall, pointing at something while a few people watch, one skeleton says it supports the asteroid theory.

Dinosaur Skeletal Evidence Backs Asteroid Impact Theory

Cartoon of two ancient Egyptians discussing how abstraction led to giant camel statues, with pyramids in background.

When Abstract Art Goes Pharaoh-ically Wrong

Cartoon of a doctor talking to a patient with gall stones, kidney stones, and bladder stones, captioned 'Welcome to the Stone Age.'

Welcome to the Stone Age-Where Stones Attack From Within

Cartoon showing a caveman proudly making a stone wheel while two others watch with a stone block, outside a cave in a rocky desert.

Big Wheel Energy: Foundations of Civilization

Cartoon of a woolly mammoth with tiny cavemen poking it with spears, the mammoth thinks its neck suddenly feels better.

Prehistoric Pain Relief: Mammoth Acupuncture

Cartoon of an elderly woman with a cane saying she might soon need an archaeologist instead of a doctor, walking with a younger woman

When Medical History Requires Ancient Expertise

Family at table in 1965 each holding a rotary dial phone while dad says stop looking at those phones at the table.

1965: Screen Time Worries Before Screens Existed

Cartoon dog and boy in a time machine discussing traveling back to the 1960s.

Time-Traveling to the 1960s: Peabody’s Nostalgic Pitch

Cartoon depicting ancient Egyptians debating between a lion or pharaoh statue, resulting in the Sphinx.

When Pharaohs Settle for a Single Monument

Stacked books illustrating learning amounts: smallest stack for theory, medium for practice, and largest for mistakes.

The Big Book of Learning: Mistakes Edition

The Real Reason Mona Lisa Smiled Unnervingly

Four-panel comic showing a medieval woman excitedly opening a letter sealed with wax, reading 'Send Nudes,' and later a medieval man looking shocked at a framed painting of a bare foot.

When ‘Send Nudes’ Takes a Renaissance Detour

Cartoon showing knights carrying a large battering ram to a castle gate while one knight lifts a fake rock revealing a key underneath.

When Security Measures Backfire: The Classic Fake Rock Key Fail

Illustration of Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree looking at a smartphone while apples bounce off his head.

Newton Testing Gravity with a Smartphone Distraction

Cartoon showing two cavemen, one holding a large tooth on a swing, the other preparing to bite with a wooden stick in mouth.

World’s First Dentist: Caveman Edition

Cartoon of a caveman in a classroom writing lines on a chalkboard saying 'I will not act primitive in class.' A teacher is sitting at a desk nearby.

Caveman’s Detention: Evolution Pending