Category Archives: History

How Churchill fought his depression — by laying bricks #historyshorts #britishhistory #ww2 #history

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Solving a Medieval Music Theory Puzzle

[…] Today we tackle the 17 Tone Puzzle – a microtonal puzzle of sorts in 17 edo (or 17 tone equal temperament) left to us by the late George Secor. George wrote a paper called “The 17 Tone Puzzle (and … Continue reading

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Britain’s Most Famous Medieval Street Hides A Darker Past In Plain Sight

7 May 2026 Today I am exploring the darker past of Europe’s best preserved medieval street, which hides in plain sight! Email me: freddy@britmap.com Instagram: @britmapped […]

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What does the $ actually stand for?

[…] Why is the $ sign an S? What does ‘dollar’ even mean? In this video, I answer both of those questions, while also explaining what the British pound is a pound of, and what the Euro was originally called. … Continue reading

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The Brave Sage of Timbuktu: Abdel Kader Haidara | Innovators | National Geographic

ByJoshua Hammer Published April 21, 2014 •25 min read It was early in the summer of 2012, and at the Mamma Haidara Library in Timbuktu, a clandestine operation was under way. Night after night, a team under the direction of … Continue reading

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Meet Abdel Kader Haidara, the man who risked his life to save more than 350,000 ancient manuscripts from Timbuktu from being destroyed by Al-Qaeda

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The Best-Selling Yiddish Anarchist Newspaper in Britain (For Now)

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Chinese Cubans #cuba #history #china

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Ryukyu Kingdom: Japans Hidden Ethnic Group #history #japan #okinawa

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This 5,000 year old burial mound in Newport, Wales, predates both the great Pyramids and the standing stones of Stonehenge

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