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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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a year ago
TheCollector
Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
7 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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a year ago
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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9 months ago
Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
3 weeks ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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TheCollector
The Popol Vuh: A Maya Myth Told in Dance and Song
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Open Culture
How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Children During the Holocaust
In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a...
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In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a German clown in Auschwitz. The result was so awful that he never allowed its release, and it quickly acquired the reputation—along with disasters like George Lucas’ Star Wars...
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
6 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
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American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Wrong Side of...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
2 weeks ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a week ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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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...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
11 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
a month ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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