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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
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An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Overcoming Bias
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Summary of changes for July
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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A History of the United States Senate
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Nature in Greek Myth
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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