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Annual truck traffic on European main roads, colored by route distance.

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Hochzeitsturm in Darmstadt, Germany

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The most used operating system in the world is not Linux

7 Jun 2026 0:00 The most used OS you never installed 0:38 Born from spite. The AT&T Unix license ban 1:25 Tanenbaum rewrites an OS from scratch 2:34 Kept too small. Enter Linus Torvalds 3:06 It was never meant to … Continue reading →

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A Brazilian parachutist dropped 100 million seeds to help reforest the Amazon rainforest

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Hiro Ohta (@xlix.me) | Bridge is human order. Waterfall is natural truth. Harmony stands between.

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History of Manchester – 4. Canal City

17 Jun 2020 #industrial #manchesterhistory #canals Manchester’s story continues with the introduction of the world’s first industrial canal system. We’ start by looking at why the River Irwell didn’t become Manchester’s primary port or its biggest waterway as the industrial … Continue reading →

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Is Chester Britain’s most Roman city?

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Age of Audio: The Future of Podcasting (and 20k) โ€” Twenty Thousand Hertz – The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Art by Jon McCormack.   This episode was written and produced by Casey Emmerling. After making Age of Audio, a feature documentary about the history of podcasting, filmmaker Shaun Michael Colรณn sat down with Dallas for a revealing conversation about … Continue reading →

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Historians Discover First Hidden Underground Railroad Site in Over A Century

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Albert Einstein and Marie Curie discussing near a lake, 1929Albert Einstein and Marie Curie discussing near a lake, 1929

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