Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Flashbak
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...
6 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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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!
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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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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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A Brief History of Chile
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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A Collection of...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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No Women Allowed?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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