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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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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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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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What Is Theodicy?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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...
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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