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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Summary of changes for January 2024
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
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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...
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Summary of changes for April 2023
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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African History...
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
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But right back where we started from.
Global Inequality...
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a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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”...
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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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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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Happy Holidays
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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