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- Basic arpeggios I practiced for 10 years
- The former British concession in Shanghai, China kinda looks like New York. This area was ruled by Britain until 1943
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- You’ll Need a Magnifying Glass to Read Some of the World’s Smallest Books at the V&A | Colossal
- Karapınar Solar Power Plant, the largest in Turkey and all of Europe. Looks like a scene from the Dune universe.
- From the Bristol docks to the Manchester rain. Gritty 90s textures for the grey days.”
- The city of Qingdao, China was a German colony until 1914
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The Birth of 8 Billionth Person on Earth and What It Means for Humanity
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the birth of the 8 billionth person on Earth and human population growth in general Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_h… https://theconversation.com/8-billion… https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi… https://hmsc.harvard.edu/file/1053329 #humanity #8billion … Continue reading
What Pop Culture Gets Wrong About Pirates | Rogue History
We all love pirate tales but what do we really know about the history of piracy? In this episode of Rogue History, we examine the common assumptions we make about pirates. Explore the origin of these myths and figure out … Continue reading
Discovering the forgotten Chinatown under Wembley Football Stadium
100 years ago, a small slice of Hong Kong was recreated next to Wembley Football Stadium in London, for the amusement of the British public. For two years, visitors travelled to the model street to sample Chinese food, purchase novelty … Continue reading
Europe’s shifting immigration policy | DW Documentary
Europe was built on the principle of freedom of movement. But security politics, xenophobia, unemployment, the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine are continuously re-defining migration movements, along with the rules that govern them. The humanitarian catastrophe caused … Continue reading
Who Are The Tamil People
[…] Today there are 80 million Tamils in the world, more than there are French, Colombians, or Kenyans. Most Tamils live in North and East Sri Lanka and in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, literally Tamil country. Tamil … Continue reading
Some of the STRANGEST / UNIQUE diasporas around the world
[…] Welcome to Geography Now! This is the first and only Youtube Channel that actively attempts to cover profiles on every single country of the world. We are going to do them alphabetically so be patient if you are waiting … Continue reading
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 6: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Class 6 continues the foundations of the Kyiv state at a time when Lithuania was much larger than most people think. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the … Continue reading
An investigation to identify royal descendants of the Inca civilization
It was the largest empire in pre-Colombian America, extending from its center in modern-day Peru to Colombia in the north and parts of Chile and Argentina in the south. But the Inca Empire fell to the Spanish conquerors nearly five … Continue reading
The mystery of Machu Picchu: Archaeologists uncover new secrets of Peru’s Inca site • FRANCE 24
We take you on a journey to #Peru’s famed Inca citadel, #MachuPicchu. Perched at an altitude of 2,430 metres, this UNESCO World Heritage site still holds many secrets. Some of them were recently uncovered by #archaeologist José Bastante and a … Continue reading
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