-
Recent Posts
- The US preserved the original meaning of the word Entrée when France changed it
- When the sound engineer wants to quickly check levels, but it’s Jon Batiste at the piano.
- Incredible recorders from ensemble Palisander.
- RIP Patrick Stewart
- @womensartbluesky.bsky.social | Teapot, 1924 by Marianne Brandt
- ContempraInn 🌹 (@contemprainn.bsky.social) | Surprise 😃
- Luca (@lucagalletti.bsky.social) | Preserving a real dandelion intact inside clear resin
- German Names For Animals Stay Undefeated #theenglishgerman
Archives
Categories
Category Archives: History
Babylonians Used Pythagoras Theory 1000 Years Before He Was Born
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a new confirmation that Pythagorean triangles were well known and used much before he was born. Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10…. […]
That Time British Witches Tried to Stop a Nazi Invasion Using Magic
[…] Sources: Metcalfe, Tom, Operation Cone of Power: When British Witches Attacked Adolf Hitler, Mental Floss, October 18, 2016, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/8… Wigington, Patti, How Britain’s Witches Cast a Spell on Hitler, ThoughtCo, May 25, 2019, https://www.thoughtco.com/british-wit… Conde, Alex, London Witches Cast … Continue reading
What is Russia ashamed of? | Perm 36 GULAG prison camp
Lately Russian propaganda has been justifying the GULAG camps. On May 26, 2021 the largest news agency RIA Novosti published an article explaining that Stalin’s labor camps were not so terrible anymore, but on the contrary, Stalin’s camps were useful … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton’s Old Afghanistan Prediction Goes Viral
An old video of Hillary Clinton talking about the origins of the conflict in Afghanistan and predicting the future has gone viral in light of the recent collapse of the Afghan government. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The … Continue reading
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster – A Meeting From Hell – Extra History
[…] You ever have a meeting go so poorly that 60 men all fell into a latrine and drowned? Yeah it’s a hard bar to clear. So let’s talk about the Erfurt Latrine Disaster in the Holy Roman Empire and … Continue reading
Why Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases
[…] Video written by Adam Chase […]
No Blacks No Dogs No Irish
Three different experiences of growing up In Bristol.
How did the Romans Capture Animals for the Colosseum?
Polar bears from the Arctic. Tigers from India. Giraffes from the Serengeti. The Romans brought animals thousands of miles for the beast hunts and shows staged in the Colosseum. Find out how they did it in this video. For much … Continue reading
How aspirin was discovered – Krishna Sudhir
[…] View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-aspiri… 4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that what they’d found … Continue reading
That Time the U.S. Accidentally Nuked Britain’s First Satellite
[…] In this video: When it comes to nations with a long and rich history of space travel and exploration, Britain isn’t normally a country that comes to most people’s minds. However, they were the third country in the world … Continue reading
How a Dirty Diaper Killed 500 People and Started an Outbreak
A cholera outbreak devastated London. Where did it start, how did it spread so quickly, and why was a brewery able to avoid the pandemic? Let’s get into it. Sources: [London’s Great Stink] https://www.npr.org/2015/03/12/392332… https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK… https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/… [What is Cholera?] https://www.cdc.gov/cholera/general/i… … Continue reading
