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Category: History

Bronze Age Discovery Reveals Surprising Extent of Britain’s Trade With Europe 3,600 Years Ago

History
great orme bronze age trade

Research reveals evidence of a copper-mining bonanza in Wales 3,600 years ago that reached France, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.

BEFORE WALT DISNEY, THERE WAS LOTTE REINIGER – THE STORY OF THE WORLD’S FIRST ANIMATED FEATURE

Arts, History
lotte reiniger animated features

The oldest surviving animated feature was not made by Walt Disney, but by a German puppeteer named Lotte Reiniger: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926).

How Rupture With Mainland Europe Caused Britain To Falter for Hundreds of Years

Geography, History
map of europe and britain

Mainland Europe has always been essential to Britain’s prosperity. When the relationship with Europe is poor, the lot of ordinary Briton is poorer for it.

Car-Free Paris? It Was Already a Dream in 1790

Geography, History
paris without cars

The debate over the place of cars in cities may seem like a recent one, but in fact was raging well before the first automobile even saw the light of day. To better understand, let

WHY THE BRITISH ARE HIDING INFORMATION ABOUT RUDOLF HESS

History

The Russian scholar, Andrei Fursov, explains in this video the reason why the British authorities insist to keep Rudolf Hess’s files classified until 2050.

Why Historians Are Fighting To Save Thomas Cook’s Enormous Archive

History
thomas cook

Thomas Cook’s enormous 178-years heritage is about to be lost and a number of business historians are fighting to save it.

DISCOVERY OF PREHISTORIC BABY BOTTLES SHOWS INFANTS WERE FED COW’S MILK 5,000 YEARS AGO

History
prehistoric baby milk bottles

Clay vessels that have been found in Germany could have been used to supplement breast milk and wean children more than 5,000 years ago.

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, 50 Years Later: The Song That Almost Never Was

History
the rolling stones

In 1965, Keith Richards had recorded a few snatches of Satisfaction and gone back to sleep, leaving the machine to record a long stretch of snoring.

In Another Newly Discovered Song, Woody Guthrie Continues His Assault on ‘Old Man Trump’

History
woody guthrie

In a newly discovered song ‘Old Man Trump’, Woody Guthrie assaults again Fred Trump over the rents charged at a public housing project.

1929-1930: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION.

History

Eyewitness accounts video recording of Lincoln’s assassination.

Backgrounder: What We Know About Indonesia’s 1965 Anti-Communist Purge

History

In less than 48 hours, Suharto had roundly defeated the 30th September Movement. At about the same time, the abductees’ bodies were found in an old well in an area known as Lubang Buaya (Crocodile Hole) in east Jakarta.

Lee Harvey Oswald’s Radio Interviews of August 1963 on the WDSU Radio

History
oswald

Oswald had two interview on the New Orleans radio station WDSU. The first program took place on August 17, 1963. The second on August 21, 1963.

D-DAY June 6 1944 Succeeded Thanks to an Ingenious Design Called the Mulberry Harbors

History

When allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports.

A FEW DAYS WITH LENIN AND TROTSKY IN 1920

History

A Few Days With Lenin And Trotsky In 1920 By the American cartoonist Ellison Hoover.

Brexit: How the End of Britain’s Empire Led To Rising Inequality That Helped Leave To Victory

History

The echoes of empire have continued to reverberate in British political life. These echoes had a strong influence on why people voted for Brexit.

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  • How the Third Reich Managed Ham Radio Hobbyists

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  • Nixon Played a Major Diplomatic Role from 1986 to 1991

    In April 1991, few months before the fall of the USSR, he had a curious visit to Lithuania, Georgia, the Kremlin and the K.G.B.

  • How Gambling Built Baseball – and Then Almost Destroyed It

    Imagine if, after watching the thrilling victory of the Chicago Cubs you learned that the Indians had collaborated with gamblers to intentionally throw the series.

  • Neoliberalism Has Tricked Us Into Believing a Fairytale About Where Money Comes From

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  • FCC Orders Phone Companies to End Robocalls

    The FCC released new rules aiming to combat spoofed robocalls. They require phone companies to implement a new protocol.

  • Reddit Co-founder Resigns in Support of Black Community

    Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit

  • Antarctica Blood Falls Mystery Solved

    At first, scientists attributed the color to red algae. But in 2017, a study found that it was rather due to oxidized iron.

  • The Ghostly Photos Taken by the Stasi’s Buttonhole Cameras

    Cameras were even invented so small they could be sewn with the lens behind a buttonhole, the shutter release kept in a pocket.

  • Drinking alcohol isn’t the only cause of high blood alcohol levels.

    Imagine that you’re a police officer. You spot a car ahead that is swerving all over the road. You pull the driver over and she’s clearly intoxicated. With slurred speech, she swears that she hasn’t had a drop of alcohol all day. Would you believe her?

  • Arrests of 6-Year-Olds Show the Perils of Putting Police in Primary Schools

    Instead of being protected, these very young students were placed in handcuffs and arrested. Each one faced misdemeanor battery charges as a result of behavioral outbursts at school, including one instance in which one of the children kicked a school staffer.

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