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Pokémon and Japanese Craft Traditions Unite in a Fantastic Exhibition of 70+ Works | Colossal
JANUARY 5, 2024 GRACE EBERT Taiichiro Yoshida, “Jolteon.” All images courtesy of Japan House Los Angeles, Two of Japan’s major cultural contributions converge in POKÉMON X KOGEI | Playful Encounters of Pokémon and Japanese Craft. On view at Japan House Los … Continue reading
A Perspective on Canadian History that You Might Not Know
A Perspective on Canadian History that You Might Not Know | The Ballantyne Project The Ballantyne Project is a Vancouver based organization that focuses on bringing inspiration, a voice and opportunity to remote First Nation communities in Canada. We are … Continue reading
How The American Civil War Made Canada
The Canadian story of the American Civil War, told in two parts. Through the eyes of the Canadians who helped start the war, to those who fought it, to the leaders influenced by it, we unravel one of the most … Continue reading
That Time When Cocaine Was In EVERYTHING | Random Thursday
Maybe you drink Four Loko and think you’re bad. But kids used to drink wine mixed with cocaine. The strange history of cocaine and soft drinks, and how one of the most maligned drugs in the world became that way. … Continue reading
Why don’t we roast chestnuts anymore?
There’s a dark history behind one of your favourite Christmas carols. […]
That Time the USA Tried to Make Hippo Farming a Thing
[…] Sources: Miller, Greg, The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to America, Wired, December 20, 2013, https://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopo… Scott, Mike, Louisiana’s Bizarre Hippo History to be Recounted in Movie ‘American Hippopotamus’, Nola, June 7, 2014, https://www.nola.com/entertainment_li… Holland, Jennifer, How … Continue reading
The Twisting, Turning Tale of the Invention of Dr Pepper
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Fat Bear Week Crowns Female Brown Bear as Its 2023 Champion | My Modern Met
By Regina Sienra on October 13, 2023 Photo: NPS Photo/F. Jimenez “This fierce queen ran away with every one of her matches (and our hearts) and has earned her very first #FatBearWeek win!” Over the years, Fat Bear Week has … Continue reading
Let’s talk about Held v Montana and a win….
The Roads with Beau: / @roadswithbeau Check out the store. Stickers, mugs, hoodies, shirts, etc. https://teespring.com/stores/beau-of-… Check out the podcast: https://anchor.fm/beau-of-the-fifth-c… […]
The Bombed British City Beneath New York
Located along FDR Drive in Manhattan, NYC is Waterside Plaza, built on a spit of artificial land. But what many New Yorkers don’t realise is that beneath Waterside Plaza are the remains of a heavily bombed British city! Find out … Continue reading
Hear the Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ Sung in the Indigenous Mi’kmaq Language | Open Culture
in Language, Music | July 6th, 2023 To raise awareness of her native language, 16-year-old Emma Stevens sang a version of The Beatles’ 1968 classic “Blackbird” in the Mi’kmaq language, an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 11,000 in Canada … Continue reading
Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Communism??
For the last century, the United States has been obsessed with rooting out communism and communist sympathizers internally and abroad. From Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare to CIA-backed coups in Guatemala and Congo, to the Korean and Vietnam wars, America’s ruthlessness … Continue reading
