Quilp, the epitome of evil in Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop, seen here with Little Nell, is a dwarf with the head of a giant and a "few discolored fangs" for teeth. But his most grotesque trait is his trick of drinking "boiling tea without winking" and eating "hard eggs, shell and all." Culture Club/Getty Images hide caption
Israeli writer Amos Oz, shown here in 2015, died Friday at age 79. picture alliance via Getty Image hide caption
Attendees peruse the books available at last weekend's Karachi Literary Festival. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Ah yes, the erotic color variation of an aged bathtub. Robert Easton/Flickr hide caption
Tavon Tanner tears up before his surgery at Lurie Children's Hospital in October 2016. This photograph is part of the Chicago Tribune series that earned E. Jason Wambsgans the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Courtesy of Columbia University hide caption
#ThanksForTyping began a conversation on the uncredited female labor in academia. askmenow/Getty Images hide caption
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