Category Archives: History

Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?

Posted on February 4, 2025 by agogo22

The Vikings were renowned navigators at a time before magnetic compasses were invented. So how’d they manage it? Their secret may have been these pretty-pointed crystals of calcite called Iceland spar, and this month’s SciShow Rocks Box subscribers will get … Continue reading →

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Eleanor Coade, Georgian Girlboss

Posted on February 3, 2025 by agogo22
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Did Henry VIII Really Eat Giant Turkey Legs?

Posted on February 3, 2025 by agogo22
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Chains used for slaves including children and babies

Posted on January 29, 2025 by agogo22
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The Plastic Revolution: Celluloid

Posted on January 27, 2025 by agogo22

Plastic is so ubiquitous today that it virtually defines the modern world. Despite origins in nature, man-made plastic is a relatively new development that changed culture and history. The History Guy remembers the invention of celluloid, the first man-made plastic. … Continue reading →

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LBC (@lbc.co.uk) | All it takes is for good men to say nothing

Posted on January 27, 2025 by agogo22
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The Soviets Space Cannon #shorts #history

Posted on January 18, 2025 by agogo22
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The Mathematician So Strange the FBI Thought He Was a Spy

Posted on January 8, 2025 by agogo22

Support this channel on Patreon and help me to make more videos: / tibees Read the full FBI report thanks to Muckrock: https://www.muckrock.com/news/archive… Buy me a coffee (one-off donation): https://ko-fi.com/tibees Website: https://tobyhendy.com TikTok: / tibees Twitter: / tobyhendy Second channel: … Continue reading →

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The final bow: David Bowie’s last act

Posted on January 5, 2025 by agogo22

David Bowie’s last months were spent fulfilling one final ambition: staging a musical based around his songs. They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes. Zelda Perkins not only met hers, she produced the musical he staged in his dying days … Continue reading →

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Why Doesn’t the Internet Feel Fun Anymore?

Posted on January 3, 2025 by agogo22

Memes. Aesthetics. Geocities. And… cults? I went on a journey through the early days of the internet- and it was chaotic. Looking at everything from Frutiger Aero to Y2K Aesthetics, the 90s to the 2000s, the 2010s to today, I … Continue reading →

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