Category: HISTORY

August 31, 2017 at 3:23 pm

The British Library Has Fully Digitized 570 Pages of Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks

The British Library Has Fully Digitized 570 Pages of Leonardo da Vinci's Visionary Notebooks

A fascinating glimpse into one of the most brilliant minds in human history

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August 25, 2017 at 6:39 pm

The Ravens of the Tower of London

The Ravens of the Tower of London

The superstition holds that “if the Tower of London ravens are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall and Britain with it”

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August 21, 2017 at 12:01 pm

Memorial for Melvinia Shields (1844-1938) Shows How Far the United States Has Come

Memorial for Melvinia Shields (1844-1938) Shows How Far the United States Has Come

A powerful memorial in Clayton County, Georgia’s village of Rex tells a story of hope

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August 15, 2017 at 1:19 pm

Everything You Need to Know About the Most Anticipated Solar Eclipse in US History

Everything You Need to Know About the Most Anticipated Solar Eclipse in US History

On August 21st, nearly 100 million Americans will be on the path or within 200 miles of a total solar eclipse

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August 4, 2017 at 1:38 pm

Canadian Miners Found a Dinosaur So Well Preserved, It Looks Like a Sculpture

Canadian Miners Found a Dinosaur So Well Preserved, It Looks Like a Sculpture

It has been hailed as one of the best-preserved armoured dinosaurs in the world

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July 25, 2017 at 12:17 pm

Cow Shoes Used by Moonshiners During Prohibition to Disguise Their Footprints

Cow Shoes Used by Moonshiners During Prohibition to Disguise Their Footprints

A police officer trying on the cow shoes, 1924

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July 23, 2017 at 11:14 pm

Picture of the Day: New York City, 1900s Colorized

Picture of the Day: New York City, 1900s Colorized

In this amazing colorized photo by Sanna Dullaway, we see Broad Street in New York City some time between 1900 and 1910

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July 15, 2017 at 10:15 am

Picture of the Day: Neon Salesman’s Sample Case from the 1930s

Picture of the Day: Neon Salesman's Sample Case from the 1930s

Just imagine the wow factor people must have had when the person opened the case

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July 12, 2017 at 7:06 pm

That Story About the Million Dollar US Space Pen and Russian Pencil is BS

That Story About the Million Dollar US Space Pen and Russian Pencil is BS

Debunking an urban legend

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July 10, 2017 at 5:45 pm

Picture of the Day: Religious Nature

Picture of the Day: Religious Nature

A sandstone Buddha statue nestled in the tree roots beside the minor chapels of Wat Maha That, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand

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