Category: history
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These 11 Ancient Greek Facts Are Too Wild for My Brain to Believe
A Journey Through the Bizarre and Fascinating History of Ancient Greece If you’ve been anywhere near the internet lately, you’ve probably heard about Christopher Nolan’s latest film, The Odyssey. Whether or not you’ve seen it, its cultural impact is undeniable. In the spirit of the movie, I found myself diving into some of the weirdest…
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Last home in derelict English village goes on sale for £35k
A Unique Opportunity in a Ghost Village In the mid-1980s, 600 residents of Troedrhiwfuwch, a small village near Caerphilly in Wales, were evacuated from their homes due to fears that a ‘moving mountain’ could engulf the village without warning. This once-thriving mining community, known locally as ‘Troedy’, soon became a ghost town after the local…
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Looking back: Bomber plane crash kills seven people near Soda Springs, man survives being struck by lightning
IDAHO FALLS — is looking back at what life was like during the week of May 4 to May 10 in east Idaho history. 1900-1925 BLACKFOOT — Three men were captured after allegedly robbing a store in Arco, The Bingham County News reported on May 4, 1911. Louis Hendrickson, Chester Olsen and Billy Walton, reportedly…
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ORIGIN OF HONDA
Honda has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world behind Toyota,…
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WHY PEOPLE EUROPE IN THE PAST USED WIG?
You will often see photographs of great figures from Europe from the 17th or 18th centuries like physicist Isaac Newton, Montesqueiu lawyer, Blaise Pascal mathematician, King Ferdinand VI and others. In the painting, they look all wearing wigs aka wigs. Why is that? Are they bald or hairless? If observed they are very identical appearance…
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ORIGIN OF WINDOWS AIRPLANE FORM ROUND
Windows Airplane If we tend to note, most traveller airplanes nowadays have a round window. Why is that? Apparently, once this passenger plane has a box-shaped window. The plane named de Havilland Comet, or Comet 1 was used by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in 1952, which was also the first commercial jet airliner. The…
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ORIGIN OF PIZZA FOOD
Pizza Pizza is one of the foods that exist in Indonesian society. Large portions in accordance with the habits of Indonesian people who like to eat together. That’s what makes pizza is often a choice when hanging out with family or friends. When asked about the origin of pizza, most will answer the pizza comes…
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HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Electrical engineering is a discipline of science that is very broad and has the fastest development level in several dakade this when compared with other disciplines. This is due to the increasing number of market demand for the technological developments from this field which have an impact on the increasing of various research in the…