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THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS

26 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments ROcrypton

   A pagan tradition that became a Christian celebration   One of the most well-known celebrations in the world today that is present in some way in almost every culture is Christmas.   Every year on December 25th, no matter how hot it is here in Bra...

Travel Without Borders: The Fascinating History Before Passports

25 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Lazybust

Hey you all! Did you know Ancient Romans carried bronze plaques as VIP travel passes? Or that medieval pilgrims used tokens to access holy sites? Dive into the intriguing history of travel before passports and discover how humans move...

History of Swedish and Russian vandalism - Przecław Castle

19 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  Situated on the Vistula River, one of the most beautiful Renaissance residences in Poland is the Przecław Castle. It is surrounded by a beautiful 17th-century park. The castle has wonderful interiors. It is entered in the register of monum...

What The Tech?! Gas Turbines

14 Dec 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Gas Turbines evolved to provide conventional power to systems across heavy industry It’s fair to say that the concept of technology can be pretty relative when we consider its context. A Morse code-driven telegram is decidedly boring in a world with...

"They Will Listen if Other Countries Engage Them"

10 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR William Plowright's article, I interviewed Syria's militias at the Start of the War – They Will Listen if Other Countries Engage Them, published in The Conversation, examines the role of armed groups like Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in post-Assa...

Quick Dive into South Korean History & Why The Presidents Move Opened Old Wounds

10 Dec 2024 5 minute read 1 comment Cje95

Within just a few hours we were hit by a truck load of shocking news of out South Korea. First, the news broke that South Korea’s President declared martial law, then we heard Parliament vote to undo martial law, then the South Korean military said t...

What The Tech?! Space Shuttle

30 Nov 2024 6 minute read 3 comments Investigator515

Reusable infrastructure would help space technology reach maturity.  To get technology like today's Starlink internet systems and the Iridium phone network, we’d need other pieces of technology to help leverage that. For instance, we’d need reliable...

G.I. Joe and Top Gun

25 Nov 2024 12 minute read 0 comments The Archivist

(Intelli-Gaming: Article) "G.I. Joe: An American Hero"... I can still hear the theme song of the animated series in my head, 30 years later. As a kid, I really liked my G.I. Joe toys. They had a great sense of realism, with just enough fictional aspe...

Historical Hacks: The SQL Slammer

23 Nov 2024 4 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

This hack exploited an unpatched buffer overflow to make mischief You don’t have to be ridiculously old to hear people talk about the good old days of the internet. While it’s pretty questionable if anyone would ever refer to dial-up as good, there’s...

What The Tech?! Ultrasounds

17 Nov 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Ultrasound technology would provide cutting-edge imaging technology to the Medical and Aerospace fields. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack What does a Bat, the Titanic, a ballistic missile submarine and a baby h...