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What Happened to the Woman Who Walked 675 Miles?
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Queen of the Night: The complicated history of jasmine
➡️ Up Next: The unsettling history of the orchid ► • Orchid Obsession: The Botanical Scandal Yo… Jasmine is often dismissed as a simple garden climber, but its past is filled with espionage, royal obsession, and a value that once … Continue reading
The Aluminum Twins
The road to plentiful aluminum was long, and literally dozens of important scientists were involved over a period of centuries in the effort to purify the metal. In the end, the solution would come almost simultaneously from two scientists, each … Continue reading
Le petit déjeuner, un repas mondialisé | Faire l’histoire | ARTE
Rediffusion disponible jusqu’au 21/10/2026 “Frühstück”, “breakfast” et petit déjeuner sont des inventions récentes, fruits de l’importation de boissons exotiques charriées de tous les continents dans l’Europe du XVIIIe siècle. Du café matinal aux récipients inventés pour le boire, c’est à … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Artworks, Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf, 2. Critiquing Society
‘They make life intolerable, men like that.’ A century on from the publication of Mrs Dalloway, Fiona Shaw explores what Virginia Woolf has to say to us today. With Clarissa Dalloway as our guide, we discover how Woolf captured and … Continue reading
How did they figure out the area of a circle is πr² ?
How did they figure out the area of a circle is pi times r squared? 0:00 intro 3:10 Archimedes 6:25 Leonardo and Sato Moshun 8:20 RABH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabha… Archimedes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_of… Leonardo and Sato Moshun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_of… Cut The Knot area … Continue reading