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RSA ANIMATE: 21st Century Enlightenment

The RSA’s Chief Executive Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of the RSA’s strapline ’21st Century Enlightenment’. How might this idea might help us meet the challenges the world faces today, and what role can be played by organisations such as … Continue reading →

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Photos of children who didn’t pass the “one drop” rule and were slaves, eventually emancipated in New Orleans, from Harper’s Weekly, 30 of January of 1864.

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Where does the term hat-trick come from?

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Old Phrases We Still Use Today And Where They Originated From🤯😅 #history #phrases #idioms #english

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Where does the word “Kangaroo” come from?

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Stupidity: A powerful force in human history

Are we in the midst of World War III? What’s the role of fiction in human evolution? Why do we tend to overconsume food? Big or small, every detail in our behavior can be explained by looking at the past, … Continue reading →

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Counting Sheep 🐑 #linguistics #history #language #rome #etymology #words

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Rick Wakeman on “Morning Has Broken” #catstevens #song #acoustic guitar #piano #shorts

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A Trilobite Fossil from the species Dicranurus monstrosus, dating back to the Lower Devonian age.

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‘Crafted Kinship’ Unravels the Creative Practices of 60 Caribbean Artists, Designers, and Makers | Colossal

November 8, 2024 Art Books Social Issues Grace Ebert Morel Doucet. Photo by Alaric S. Campbell. All images excerpted from ‘Crafted Kinship’ by Malene Barnett and published by Artisan Books, © 2024 Whether drawing on connections to the land and … Continue reading →

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