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30 Jan 2025 7 minute read 1 comment jasonmcgathey
By now, even those who are not exactly a fan of Kentucky Fried Chicken probably know a great deal about its origin story. Yet for every timeworn, heartwarming chestnut, like how Colonel Sanders roamed the countryside peddling his recipe, there...
28 Jan 2025 15 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked
New series. 200 battles. 2,000 years of history. Let's get to it. ROME'S FOUNDING LEGEND PRINCE AENEAS According to legend, the foundation date for what would become “The Eternal City” is the 21st of April, 753 BC. In their own legends, Romans...
28 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked
'Ello again. Still alive. Since I don't have proper access to my Greek history sources right now, I thought I'd make an informal start on Roman history. I've also been between jobs and even between houses right now, so things are a little funny in...
27 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5dj_PCO10jOLOUg Oxford libraries are an introvert's paradise.This is pure Dark Academia There are more than 100 libraries in Oxford. The Bodleian Library was opened to researchers in 1602 (that...
24 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5NRDXH-rkhEwxnq Formal events are held here: weddings, graduations. Musicians perform concerts in London museums, athletes set records for jumping over dinosaur skeletons on a skateboard, and y...
24 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR In "Elon Musk and the History of the 'Roman Salute'" published in The Conversation, Samuel Agbamu examines the historical and symbolic origins of the so-called "Roman salute," tracing its evolution from a modern invention to its appropriation by...
24 Jan 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
Kevin Mitnick achieved notoriety for his offensive hacking techniques. When you look at the early pioneers of cyber and information security, there’s no denying that there have been some controversial yet influential people in the field who helped es...
23 Jan 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z5DYmcAzDg_EPlY6 Additional material from the filming of the TV series "Pirates of the 21st century" for the REN TV channel about Somali pirates. Filming took place near Novorossiysk. On the wa...
20 Jan 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z4vbBHri-CvRDzhx I was wondering how it happened that the people of Germany, among whom there were many educated and intelligent people, began to support and justify the bloody and treacherous w...
20 Jan 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Colgate
Every so often, I come across something unexpected that is too intriguing not to share. That’s exactly what happened when I stumbled upon the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, a declassified World War II document from the Office of Strategic Services (...
