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Ancient Egyptian Workers Strike

This is an interesting ancient Egyptian history post about how the workers building the tomb of Rameses III went on strike to demand better wages….

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You Are Smart

This is a neat little post about how retaining and applying random facts and knowledge makes you smart. Take the win! You are smart even…

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Olive Colored Skin and Greek Color Words

This is an interesting and informative post about a dispute over a refence to olive colored skin in a book by Madeline Miller. The author…

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The Evolution of Geek Culture – Infographic

The Evolution of Geek Culture explains where the word “geek” originated and the label’s wide variety of interpretations over the past century. The label “geek”…

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Misconceptions About Historical Marriage Ages

This is an interesting post about misconceptions about historical marriages and the age that women were wed. I really do hope that the idea the…

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The Devil’s Tramping Ground

The Devil’s Tramping Ground is a camping spot located in a forest near Harper’s Crossroads in Bear Creek, North Carolina. It is the subject of local lore, which…

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Jellyfish in Space

Ok so, as part of NASA’s SLS-1 Mission in 1991, over 2,000 moon jellyfish were launched into space on the space shuttle Columbia. The purpose…

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Unlikely Simultaneous Historical Events

This is a neat post that lists some unlikely simultaneous historical events. It’s hard to believe that these parts of history happened at the same…

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The Strap-Toothed Whale

thatmcufangirl posted these interesting facts about the “most extra male cetacean alive”, the strap-toothed beaked whale aka Layard’s beaked whale: Source: thatmcufangirl

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Ancient Ruins Research Rabbit Hole

Paul Cooper posted this interesting history thread about some ancient ruins research he did about the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece. He became…

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