Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Does poverty cause violent crime?
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An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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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...
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“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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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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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.
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
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.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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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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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
2 months ago
The world that created Caravaggio
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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...
4 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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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
a year ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
7 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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.
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
3 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
3 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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