Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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The Rise of Extractive Politics
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a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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The Great Flood
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Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
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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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The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Magna Graecia
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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the promise of pancakes
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Who Was George Eliot?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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That's The Truth?
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Why Did Rome Fall?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Why Should We Care About Children?
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Rome's Worst General?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Three Cabins Left
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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War in Dreamland
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
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Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Weekend Roundup
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Women of Ancient Rome
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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 the First President to Live in the White House?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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11 months ago
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...
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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...
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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