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October 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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The 1618 Castle Fall That Created the Baron of High Fall
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October 29, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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How a 1780 Restaurant Cellar Incident Created the Paris Catacombs
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November 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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The 1902 Volunteer Dining Club That Shaped Modern Food Safety
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November 1, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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The 1912 Olympic Marathon That Took Fifty-Four Years to Finish
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October 31, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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Renting Pineapples as Luxury Accessories in 18th-Century Europe
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October 30, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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The latest of the blog posts about the History of currencies. Rai Stones: syrinxandspear.com/blog/news/ra...

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Rai Stones: When Wealth Doesn't Move — and What They Teach Us About Money
(Rai stones of Yap rarely moved yet functioned as money for centuries—revealing timeless lessons about value, inflation, and the nature of wealth.) There is a place in the Pacific Ocean, the island of...
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October 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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P.S. Great post, T.F.!
October 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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How a 1911 Theft Made the Mona Lisa Famous
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October 28, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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Time to head back in time! ⏰

In today’s video Nick takes us through his recent vacation to Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, and Mount Vernon.

Enjoy!

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I Took the 5to9 Guys Back in Time! 🇺🇸 | American History Tour
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November 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Inside Ancient Persia's 400 BC Desert Refrigerators
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October 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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"The Berlin Wall" teaches that no barrier stops ideas forever. Steel rusts. Concrete cracks. Guards grow tired. But hope never sleeps. Freedom always finds a way.
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Berlin Wall Frederick Taylor Review | A Must-Read History Book
This Berlin Wall Frederick Taylor review covers a gripping history book about the wall that split a city and scarred a generation.
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November 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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How a Doctor's Modesty in 1816 Led to the Stethoscope
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October 26, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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How the 1859 Solar Storm Powered Telegraphs Without Batteries
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October 25, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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The Meteorite Dagger Discovered in King Tut's Tomb
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October 24, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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“History Lesson” by Bo Bartlett (American) – Oil on canvas / 2002 – Frye Art Museum (Seattle, Washington) #WomenInArt #BoBartlett #FryeArtMuseum #art #artText #arte #AmericanRealism #ContemporaryArt #FigurativeArt #Painting #Bartlett #AmericanArtist #AmericanArt #2000sArt #HistoryLesson #ArtOfTheDay
At first glance, “History Lesson” resembles a school portrait: a young girl standing before a classroom chalkboard, apparently preparing to give a report. She faces us directly, her dark hair held back by a red headband. A white short-sleeved blouse, dark pleated skirt, white socks, and black shoes give her the neat appearance of a student dressed for a presentation. One hand holds a large sheet of white paper with a long piece of white chalk in the other. Her composed, unsmiling expression is focused beyond us. Behind her, “American Wars” is hand written on a green chalkboard with names of conflicts from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf War, each followed by a figure suggesting lives lost. The totals appear without explaining whose deaths are counted or how the estimates were reached. An American flag fills the left side of the scene, while a globe sits on a wooden desk at right. These familiar classroom objects turn the girl’s presentation into a confrontation with the history of war. She stands on a checkerboard floor between symbols of national identity and a much larger world. American artist Bo Bartlett painted “History Lesson” in 2002, after the September 11 attacks and during the war in Afghanistan. In a message written that winter, Bartlett described his distress over violence and world events, alongside his desire to retain hope. Born in Georgia, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and developed an ambitious form of American realism shaped by Andrew Wyeth and Norman Rockwell. Bartlett has described his unsettling approach to familiar scenes as “Norman Rockwell turned on its head.” The painting offers none of the reassuring conclusions we might expect from a classroom scene. Instead, a child confronts us with statistics that adults struggle to comprehend. What exactly is she being taught … and what is she teaching us about the human cost of war?
October 23, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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The 1790s Merchant Who Benefited From Deliberately Bad Business Advice
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October 23, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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The Dirty Business of Slavery" was replaced by panels labeled "Celebrating Independence Throughout the Years thanks to the Trump administration.

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October 23, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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The 1915 Rainmaker Who Filled San Diego's Reservoir but Walked Away Unpaid
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October 22, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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The 1942 Military Project to Deploy Hibernating Bats
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October 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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The Day a Volcano Emerged From a Mexican Cornfield
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October 20, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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The Ancient Roman Fire Brigade That Purchased Burning Homes
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October 19, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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How an 1822 Stork Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
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October 18, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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How Medieval Wooden Tally Sticks Caused the 1834 Parliament Fire
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October 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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How a 60,000-Peso Pastry Bill Led to an 1838 Naval Blockade
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October 16, 2026 at 7:26 AM