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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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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...
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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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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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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What Is Capoeira?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
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Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Summary of changes for August
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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What Is Populism?
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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