Humanities Enrichment

Danish artist Thomas Dambo boasts an impressive collection of trolls. For over a decade, Dambo has been carving massive wooden sculptures of the mythical creatures and displaying them in natural settings around the world.

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In the German town of Nördlingen in 1593, innkeeper Maria Höll found herself accused of witchcraft. She was arrested for questioning, and denied the charges. She insisted she wasn’t a witch through 62 rounds of torture before her accusers finally released her. Other accused witches weren’t so “lucky." Why did these witch hunts occur? Brian A. Pavlac digs into this horrific chapter in human history.

Mapping the largest stock exchanges in the world. Here are the top 25 largest stock exchanges worth a combined $106 trillion in market capitalization in 2023.

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Every year around the rice harvest, art students in Japan repurpose the crop’s leftover straw, or wara, into mammoth characters for the Wara Art Festival. 

"Raking paths and forming patterns, land artist Nikola Faller creates charming, fleeting sculptures out of fallen leaves. The paths, patterns, forms and words are drawn with a rake instead of a pencil, but the effect is the same, showcasing the power of art in just about any medium."