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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Moving With the Times?
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Moving With the Times?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Res Obscura
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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weird medieval guys
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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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...
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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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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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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