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To know the creation of American beer, you would first have to travel back towards Reinheitsgebot, Germany who stated that only hops, barley, water, and yeast was the only way to correctly produce the finest of beers. However, in 1985, Samuel Adams, a little known beer brewed by the Boston Beer Company, became the first American beer available in (what was then) West Germany (Samuel Adams) that used hops. The Boston Beer Company was able to adhere to the policies of Reinheitsgebot, though most…

On April 11, 1944, Holocaust victim Anne Frank wrote, "Who knows -- it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we now suffer.” Antisemitism is the discrimination of Jewish people. The earliest recorded act of antisemitism dates back to the 3rd century B.C.E. when the Greco-Egyptian historian Manetho said that Jews were expelled from Egypt. Throughout the years, Jews have been driven out of more than 80 countries…

While not subtle with its themes, the movie Cloud Atlas was a wonderful watch, rich in its motifs and message, without coming off as pretentious. The film presented six different stories. One of a young businessman named Adam Ewing in 1849 who, on a ship journeying through the Pacific Islands home, is being poisoned by a doctor who is stealing his valuables. Ewing also manages to save a stowaway slave after convincing the captain of the ship to let the former slave join the ship’s crew. Robert…