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Venus Used To Be A Lot More Like Earth | Answers With Joe
[…] Venus has long been called Earth’s twin, because our sizes are so similar. But as we learned in the early 60s, on our surface we couldn’t be more different. This wasn’t always the case though. It’s thought that up … Continue reading
Why Didn’t America Become a Socialist Country?
America has been the world’s largest economy for nearly a century, with one of the largest working classes on Earth. So how come socialism never took hold in America as much as it did in Europe and Asia? Why is … Continue reading
GOD’s Secret Wife | Asherah
Hey Hunters. So me and the lovely @History with Kayleigh had a great zoom chat last week and it made me start researching ancient Goddesses. Then I discovered that historically the God of Israel (Judaism/Christianity/Islam) originally HAD A WIFE. And … Continue reading
Vladimir, once the capital of Russia // Historical center and Soviet outskirts
Vladimir is an ancient city with a population of 350,000 people, located 180km east of Moscow. After Nizhny Novgorod I decided to visit Vladimir because I couldn’t skip such an important city. The city is included in the tourist route … Continue reading
Consider the lobstermen : Planet Money | NPR
Photo of lobster caught in the Canadian province, Nova Scotia. Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi/NPR A tense conflict between Indigenous fishermen and commercial lobstermen flared up in Nova Scotia in the fall of 2020. Today, how it all got started and how the … Continue reading
What We Can Learn from 5 Times Rivers Ran Backward
Usually, you can count on a river to flow in one direction, but some things can make it reverse course. Aside from being weird and surprising, these river reversals can often reflect geological changes and have long-lasting impacts on the … Continue reading
Evidence ancient Babylonians were far more advanced than we thought – BBC REEL
Plimpton 322 is the name given to a 3,800-year-old clay tablet discovered in Iraq in the early 20th Century by archeologist Edgar J Banks, the man believed to have inspired Indiana Jones. Over time this tablet has become one of … Continue reading
Not just a meme, but a masterpiece – why the Mona Lisa earns its exalted place in art | Aeon Videos
Diving into the literal and figurative layers behind that mysterious smile to explain why the Mona Lisa still matters Ceaselessly flocked by tourists at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503-17) is perhaps the world’s most … Continue reading
Inuit Mom & Daughter Show What an “Eskimo Kiss” Really Looks Like
By Emma Taggart on December 5, 2021 An “Eskimo kiss” is actually called a “kunik” and it’s not two people rubbing their noses against each other like many people think. The term “eskimo kiss” might conjure up a cute image … Continue reading
What is Hanukah and how is it celebrated in Britain?
Nathan Abrams Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University The British Jewish community celebrate Hanukah in a way that borrows traditions from the US as well as Israel. The festive season is upon us with the start of the eight-day festival … Continue reading
