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: In Onco, Connecticut, a headstone for Alonzo and Emma Love bears the unusual message "vote no license." One theory suggests Emma used the stone to publicly condemn alcohol after Alonzo, an alcoholic, died young. Another claims Alonzo, a repentant liquor dealer, had it carved himself as a final warning to the living.

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: After the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, King Charles II had the body of Oliver Cromwell exhumed. Even though Cromwell had been dead for over two years, he was "executed" for treason; his head was then displayed on a spike at Westminster Hall for nearly 30 years. : In Onco, Connecticut, a headstone for Alonzo

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: Set in a future where the government enforces total equality by "handicapping" anyone who is naturally talented, this story explores the extreme and often absurd results of forced egalitarianism.

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: The famous English poet once used his personal fortune to outfit a Greek fleet to fight for independence from the Ottomans. Despite having zero military experience, he took command of an army unit before tragically dying of a fever in Greece, where he is still honored as a national hero. Masterpieces of Short Fiction