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About agogo22

Director of Manchester School of Samba at http://www.sambaman.org.uk

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How English Took Over the World | Otherwords

How did English become the most spoken language on the planet, and why are there so many varieties of English? Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and fınds … Continue reading →

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Ancient Indigenous Earthworks Found Hidden in the Amazon Forest | My Modern Met

By Regina Sienra on October 27, 2023 There’s still so much we don’t know and haven’t discovered about the Amazon and its ancient inhabitants. Many areas of the Amazon and the people who have called it home remain an enigma. … Continue reading →

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What remains of the “first” steam powered passenger railway line?

The Stockton-Darlington Railway wasn’t the first time steam locomotives had been used to pull people, but it was the first time they had been used to pull passengers over any distance worth talking about. In 1825 that day came when … Continue reading →

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Medieval Carols – Jeremy Summerly

From the first Christmas song by a 12th-century Northumbrian hermit, through the earliest surviving Christmas carol of the mid-14th-century, to the heyday of the carol in 15th-century England, Jeremy Summerly traces the early history of the worlds favourite musical genre … Continue reading →

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The Twisting, Turning Tale of the Invention of Dr Pepper

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Sir David King: “Global Heating: The Science and the Response” The Great Simplification #95

(Conversation recorded on October 16th, 2023) Show Summary: On this episode, Nate is joined by climate scientist and policy ambassador Sir David King to unpack the current situation regarding Earth’s climate system and human response (or lack thereof) to the … Continue reading →

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BOI DA MAIOBA | FESTANÇA DA GENTE 2023

Increva-se e deixe seu like pra ajudar no cescimento do canal. https://www.youtube.com/c/DanielCarlo… […]

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I promise this story about fonts is interesting

Why do words look they way they do? That was the question that kicked this project off. I pulled at the thread, and it turns out the answer was way deeper than I thought.. […]

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Combining Photography & Illustration Self-Portraits | Edge of Humanity Magazine

Photographer Eva Chupíková is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these portraits. From the series ‘Leaving’.  […] A single thought, a feeling Coming and leaving Things live their lives Here and there It´s all just happenstance A fragile chance … Continue reading →

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…small details… | Natalie Bradbury 

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Wind Animates Vibrant Fabrics in Thomas Jackson’s Ephemeral Environmental Installations | Colossal

OCTOBER 24, 2023 KATE MOTHES Tulle no. 046” (2022), Nantucket, Massachusetts. All images © Thomas Jackson Ethereal sheets of tulle appear to hover in spectral motion over meadows and in copses of trees in Thomas Jackson’s latest photographs. “If there’s … Continue reading →

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