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Category: History

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.

The Not-So-Nobel Past of the Nobel Prizes

History
nobel prize medal

“The Nobel Prize has interrupted my work. I’m not sure it is a useful interruption, though it certainly is a pleasant one.” 2010 Physics laureate Andre Geim.

How We Discovered Three Poisonous Books in Our University Library

History
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Rare poisonous books on various historical topics in the University of Southern Denmark’s library collection contain large concentrations of arsenic on their covers.

Books Across Hispanic World Are Still Scarred by Franco’s Censorship

History
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Between 1936 and 1966, all books published in Spain had to be submitted to Franco’s national board of censors for examination.

Why Glasgow’s Bolshevist Uprising in 1919 Wasn’t Quite the Red Threat Many Believed

History
glasgow uprising

January 31, 2019 is the centenary of Bloody Friday 1919, in which thousands of protesting workers were attacked in Glasgow’s main civic square by police.

NIXON AND REAGAN ADVISER CLAIMS LBJ KILLED JFK

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THE TRUE COLORS OF EUROPE ANCIENT STATUES

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The true colors of the ancient statues of the Greek and Roman civilizations.

JFK ASSASSINATION: WHO WAS THE UMBRELLA MAN?

History
umbrella man

Who was the umbrella man in the JFK assassination footage?

Nuclear Military Jet Crashed in Greenland in 1968, With 4 Nuclear Bombs on Board

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Fifty years ago, an American B-52G bomber, carrying four nuclear bombs, crashed onto the sea ice of Wolstenholme Fjord in the northwest corner of Greenland.

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  • NATO Declares Outer Space an ‘Operational Domain’

    After declaring space a war zone, NATO could start using space weapons that can destroy satellites or incoming enemy missiles.

  • 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.

  • Negative Interest Rates Will Not Fix the Global Economy

    Would you deposit one pound with a bank today if it was going to give you back less than one pound tomorrow?

  • The US Is Worried About Its Critical Minerals Supply Chains

    When U.S. companies build military weapons systems, electric vehicle batteries, satellites and wind turbines, they rely heavily on a few dozen “critical minerals” – many of which are mined and refined almost entirely by other countries. Building a single F-35A fighter jet, for example, requires at least 920 pounds of rare earth elements that come primarily from China.

  • Why the New Trillions Did Not Cause Hyperinflation?

    The Fed issues as much dollars as needed by writing the new trillions on its balance sheet. These new trillions are channeled usually via government bond buying or through the banking system.

    The US government designs its economic policies in a way that makes its trade balance of payments always negative (by large values). Therefore, trillions keep flowing overseas (to pay China, EU, Japan etc for the imported goods and services).

    Moreover, the US coerces foreign governments to trade between each others in USD; especially for oil and gas. In this way, the ‘excess’ dollars keep circulating worldwide.

  • Japan to Build Wooden Satellites to Avoid Space Junk

    Sumitomo Forestry, a Japanese wood processing company, has started developing wooden satellites, in partnership with Kyoto University.

    The project is proposed as a solution to the space junk problem. Thus, end-of-life wooden satellites would fully burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere without leaving any harmful debris.

  • A Global Shortage Highlights a Troubling Trend: A Small Number of the World’s Chips Are Made In the US

    It might not seem important that 88% of the semiconductor chips used by U.S. industries, including the automotive and defense industries, are fabricated outside the U.S. However, three issues make where they are made critical to the U.S. as the global leader in electronics: lower capability, high global demand and limited investment.

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