Month: July 2020

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• Travel

Torre Argentina – the Roman Cat Sanctuary

3 years ago Nathan

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• History

Robert the Bruce: the never-say-die king (and the spider)

3 years ago Robin

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 11

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Food

Why we owe food regulation to a 19th-Century chemist who poisoned his colleagues

3 years ago Leo S

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 10

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Travel

Pidhirtsi Castle: one of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the Ukrainian’s eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted!

3 years ago Ivan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 9

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• History

The colonial era ghosts that still haunt the streets of Yorktown, the landmark village of the American Revolution

3 years ago Leo S

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 8

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Lighthouses of the world

Peche Island Rear Range Light in Marine City, Michigan – the retired lighthouse

3 years ago Nathan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 7

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Travel

Kościół w Kartuzach: the coffin-shaped church in Poland where monks once slept in coffins

3 years ago Nathan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 6

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Breaking News

The ambitious Google plan to digitize 100,000 historic texts in Belgium

3 years ago Robin

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• History

Louis Réard and the birth of the Bikini

3 years ago Robin

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 5

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Travel

Fingal’s Cave, the “Cave of Melody” in Scotland

3 years ago Ivan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 4

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Food

Benne Wafers: a crispy cookie from South Carolina, first introduced during the slave trade.

3 years ago Nathan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 3

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Abandoned Places

Łapalice Castle – The never completed derelict mansion of a Polish artist.

3 years ago Adam

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 2

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Myths and Legends

Vrykolakas: the greek bloodless Vampire.

3 years ago Leo S

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• History

The Battle of the Somme: the bloodiest day in British military history

3 years ago Robin

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 1

3 years ago randomcollabs