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Calling Time on BC and AD
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Overcoming Bias
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Secrets of the Sirens
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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What Would Socrates Do?
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
11 months ago
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TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
8 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Cicero and Leadership
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
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One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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US President or American Caesar?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Albert Einstein: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century
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Pollution & Deforestation in the Medieval World
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Archdruid William Price Challenges Funerary Rites
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
The Eager Beaver Space Book (1962)
As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book...
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As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book from Cities Service gasoline. It probably was a give-away with purchase. It reflects the early 60s where the Mercury launches had taken place and we were looking ahead to the future....
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Gladiator Combat
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Popular Gladiator Weapons: Tools of the Arena
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
9 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
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Beethoven and War: Soundtrack to the Napoleonic Conflict
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year 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, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
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In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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It was all too difficult, finally.
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Reports from the Festivals of Resistance / Day of the Forest Defender
January 18 is the Day of the Forest Defender, honoring the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who...
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
9 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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