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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
Why So Few Americans Live In This HUGE Area In The Northern Part Of The Country
📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substac… 💬 Substack Notes: https://substack.com/profile/38233255… 🌎 Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/geograp… or @GeographyPod 🌳 Linktree for socials: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff There are a lot of Americans these days. But despite being the world’s third largest country by population, there exists a huge area … Continue reading
Keeping up with the Joneses: Who Were the Joneses and What Happened to Their Mansion?
[…] Get ready for an adventure as we explore the long-lost mansion that inspired the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses”! Join Ken on a journey through time, unraveling the history of the Joneses, their iconic house, and the legacy … Continue reading
Flat-Lays of Halved Walnuts and Other Shells Study the Diversity of the Botanical Fruits | Colossal
MAY 22, 2023 GRACE EBERT Carya hickory sections. All images © Jonas Frei Frei’s studies have recently culminated in a book devoted to walnuts and hickories, which includes striking flat-lay photos. During a visit to the Zürich arboretum, Jonas Frei … Continue reading
Is the Quality of Life in China Comparable to America?
In this week’s video, I share a story from a Chinese national who has lived in America for 30 years. Many Westerners assume quality of life in China is very low, but over the past 30 years China has transformed … Continue reading
Brad Pitt Let His 105-Year-Old Neighbor Live in His Mansion Rent-Free | My Modern Met
By Sara Barnes on April 12, 2023 Photo: arp/Depositphotos Did you know that Brad Pitt let a man in his 90s live on his property for free until he died at the age of 105? When you buy a house … Continue reading
The History of the South’s Forbidden Black Burials
A proper burial is a ceremony that many of us take for granted, but that was not the case for African Americans for a large portion of history in the U.S. In the premiere of Ritual, Tank Ball explores the … Continue reading
He passed For Black To Marry Black Woman – The Story Of Clarence King
During America’s Gilded Age, Clarence King was a famous geologist, friend of wealthy, famous, and powerful men. He was a larger-than-life character whose intellect and wanderlust pushed him to survey far-flung regions of the western U.S. and South America and … Continue reading