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Fascinating Map From 1942 Features Oceans as Main Focus of theWorld
This is an ingeniously different way of looking at our planet. When you imagine a world map, what do you see? Most likely, you picture the Mercator Projection, a rendering rooted in the 16th century. While this visual remains the most … Continue reading
Brazil 101: The Wright Brothers vs. Santos Dumont – The Great “Who Invented the Airplane” Controversy — Best of Brazil Blog
If you are an American reading this, it is a matter of settled truth that the airplane was invented by the brothers William and Orville Wright. If, however, you are a Brazilian, the chances are that you have never heard … Continue reading
The beneficial bacteria that make delicious food – Erez Garty
Where does bread get its fluffiness? Swiss cheese its holes? And what makes vinegar so sour? These foods may taste completely different, but all of these phenomena come from microorganisms chowing down on sugar and belching up some culinary byproducts. … Continue reading
A Self-Guided Walking Tour Through Manchester’s Musical History — THE SLIDER
A lot of the music I regularly used to listen to in my younger years came from the city of Manchester. Joy Division, New Order, The Fall, The Buzzcocks, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The Happy Mondays and Oasis all … Continue reading
Frankincense: How to Use Ancient Wonder Cure for Healing
Frankincense is famous for being one of the three gifts presented by the Magi to baby Jesus (the other two being gold and myrrh).Several thousand years ago, people knew how to use frankincense to cure several ailments. The ancient Babylonians … Continue reading
The History Behind Ctrl+Alt+Del
We’ve only got one life to live, but thanks to three simple keystrokes, at least we can restart our PCs! This is the story of how one clever man created Control-Alt-Delete: a relatively tiny engineering tweak that changed IBM computers, … Continue reading
The Human Restaurant in Tokyo Serves Last Meals of Death Row Inmates
Just in time for Halloween, a spooky pop-up restaurant has opened in Kabukicho, known historically as the red-light district of Shinjuku. The Ningen (“human”) Restaurant (人間レストラン) is a fully-functioning eatery that serves the last meals requested by death row inmates … Continue reading
Game Over by PES (HD)
PESfilm Published on 20 Jul 2016 PES recreates 5 classic arcade death sequences in this newly remastered HD version of his stop-motion short “Game Over”. This version is 12X the resolution of the original upload. Credits: Written, Directed, and Animated … Continue reading
Brighton and Hove Black History: Discovering Diverse Sussex with Bert Williams- Museum Crush
A nurse from Brighton General Hospital, 1960s. Courtesy Brighton & Hove Black History Ahead of DIVERSE SUSSEX a programme of events in Eastbourne during November 2018 honouring the hidden diversity of people in Sussex, we talk to people’s historian Bert … Continue reading
Mirrored Figures Reflect the Natural Landscape and Cultural Heritage of Morecambe Bay
Rob Mulholland (previously) was recently commissioned by the Morecambe Bay Partnership to create a site-specific installation that would connect with the history of the northwest England site. The British sculptor and environmental artist created a series of six mirrored figures and two dwellings that … Continue reading
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