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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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African History...
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Global Inequality...
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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9 months ago
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 …...
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
weird medieval guys
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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leleuvia
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over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
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Dreams of Space -...
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
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We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Dreams of Space -...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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The Wages Of Fear
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Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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