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Popular Scienceflipped into ScienceHarvard paid $27 for a Magna Carta copy in 1946. It’s actually an original.
Even at $451 in today’s dollars, that’s still a steal. In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s valuation, the historic document described as “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” was a pretty solid deal. Initial …
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As a female film director working in the 1930s, Leni Riefenstahl "was ahead of her time and a technical innovator to boot", said Hilary White in the …
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Harvard paid $27 for a Magna Carta copy in 1946. It’s actually an original.
Even at $451 in today’s dollars, that’s still a steal. In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s valuation, the historic document described as “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” was a pretty solid deal. Initial …
