Category Archives: History

BBC Radio 4 – Science Stories, Series 9, Madame Lavoisier’s Translation of Oxygen

Philip Ball tells the story of Madame Lavoisier; translator of oxygen. At a time when science was almost a closed book to women, Madame Marie Anne Lavoisier’s skills were indispensable. A translator, illustrator and critic of scientific papers, she learnt … Continue reading

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Filthy Secrets of Napoleon’s Sister

More Content to Binge Watch 🥜 ⚔️ BATTLES OF THE WORLD: • How 21 Men Stoppe… 🇧🇪 Battle History: • World Wars History ⛩History of Asia: • History of Asia ☠️ Mafia Inspired Stories • Playlist 🐫 Egyptian History • … Continue reading

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A Whale-Oiled Machine | 99% Invisible

In the 1800s, whaling was a vast and brutal industry–sometimes as deadly for the sailors involved as it was for the whales. And the global epicenter of whaling could be found in New Bedford, MA. All this slaughter wasn’t to … Continue reading

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Silk Road: The World’s Nervous System

[…] → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKR… This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Love content? Check out Simon’s other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnD… Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8… MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0wo… SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn… Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today … Continue reading

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Answering White People’s Questions About Slavery: The London History Show

Oop, I’m afraid I’ve had to shut off comments on this one- I can’t be seeing white supremacists every time I open my channel page. Thanks for understanding! I’m a tour guide in London. If you’d like to get in … Continue reading

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London’s Dreadful Visitation: The Black Death and The Great Plague

‘ve been thinking about what happens after a plague recently. Sorry about the audio issues- I’m dealing with some stuff right now and simply don’t have the brainspace to go back and redo it. This is the first video with … Continue reading

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Why Ancient People Didn’t See the Color Blue

Here’s a philosophical question for you. If a color doesn’t have a name, can we still see it? Many years ago, the human eye evolved to give us the ability to see about a million colors. That’s a lot. Then … Continue reading

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Birth of BASIC

Professors John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz along with a band of Dartmouth undergraduates invent the Basic computer language. […]

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Every Society Collapses, Here’s How to Survive…

The news is often determined to tell us that we live in uniquely critical times, beset by political disasters and afflicted by terrible crises and that the demise of human civilisation is surely imminent. We are encouraged to view the … Continue reading

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Native American history. California history. Indigenous peoples. Native culture and history

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