Category Archives: History

Photo Captures the First Women Doctors of India, Japan, and Syria | My Modern Met

By Regina Sienra on September 24, 2023 hoto: Legacy Center Archives, Drexel College of Medicine. They attended the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, which was one of the world’s first medical schools for women. According to the Association of American … Continue reading

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What Eating the Rich Did For Japan

The Zaibatsu of Japan practically ran the nation’s economy. Over the span of many decades going into the early 1900s, the families who owned these titanic businesses grew to possess plutocratic amounts of wealth. Unchecked expansionism allowed their industrial combines … Continue reading

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africanarchives | Human Zoo in Paris, 1905.

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The Unbelievable History of Strawberries

In this video, we take a look at the unbelievable story behind one of the world’s favorite fruits – The strawberry. Find us here too! Patreon: http://www.Patreon.com/Fireoflearning Lucinox – Our Science Channel: / @lucinoxofficial The following music performed by Kevin … Continue reading

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World’s Oldest Cat Door Was Added to Cathedral in the 14th Century | My Modern Met

By Madeleine Muzdakis on August 28, 2023 The cat flap of the North Tower at Exeter Cathedral. (Photo: Richard Gillin via Flicker, CC BY-SA 2.0) Cats at the cathedral were even paid one pence a week for their services. In … Continue reading

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BBC Radio 4 – All Consuming, Cameras

Charlotte Stavrou and Amit Katwala zoom into our changing relationship with cameras. Cameras All Consuming     With over 90% of our photos now captured on phones, Charlotte Stavrou and Amit Katwala go in search of what cameras mean today … Continue reading

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In Aug 2021,The University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons calculated π to 62,831,853,071,796 digits…

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Chess Grandmaster Ossip Bernstein

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The Bombed British City Beneath New York

Located along FDR Drive in Manhattan, NYC is Waterside Plaza, built on a spit of artificial land. But what many New Yorkers don’t realise is that beneath Waterside Plaza are the remains of a heavily bombed British city! Find out … Continue reading

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The (Second) Most Deadliest Virus on Earth

Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources… This video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy. Check out ‘500 Million, But Not A Single One More’ by Rational Animations here: • 500 Million, But Not A Single One More Continue … Continue reading

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