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@mander.xyzhttps://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/paper-trails-anthony-maina/
What would MBC be without Anthony Maina? Over many years Anthony has acquired a wealth of knowledge about Mau Mau […]
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tardigrade/
The very first drawing of the microscopic "water bear" by a theologian turned microscope explorer.
https://atlantic-cable.com/Article/1902-JournElec/index.htm
https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions
Very few think the world is making progress. In this article I am looking at the data to challenge the widespread negative sentiments.
https://mymodernmet.com/americas-oldest-board-game/
Travelers’ Tour Through the United States was published in 1822.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/06/opinion/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bombing.html
On the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must listen to the few who can still speak to the horror nuclear weapons can inflict.
https://daily.jstor.org/who-took-the-cocaine-out-of-coca-cola/
The medical profession saw nothing wrong with offering a cocaine-laced cola to white, middle-class consumers. Selling it to Black Americans was another matter.
https://slate.com/culture/2010/10/the-curious-history-of-chain-letters.html
On the occasion of the release of the horror film Chain Letter, in which "a maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail," Slate asked...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09490