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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
3 weeks ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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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
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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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...
10 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
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
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TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
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
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
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...
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
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a year ago
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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a year ago
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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