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  • @nyt_arts Ma Rainey, Mother of More Than Just Blues, Comes Alive on New Release #Music #Blues #History

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  • @hackernews Britain's New World of Tobacco (2017) #HackerNews #Tech #History

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • @guardian_world Magic circle: Stonehenge offers lucky visitors 20 minutes alone in monument #History #Archaeology #UKNews

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    Jul 29, 2026

  • @hackernews By billboards for over 100 years, holdout building by Macy's is back #HackerNews #Tech #History

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @hackernews Azulejo #HackerNews #Tech #History

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @kottke Where Do European Country Names Come From? #History #Etymology #Europe

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @public_domain_review "The Persian Mâr-Nâmeh or, The Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892) #History #Folklore #Occult

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @matrixsynth Pink Floyd's "Echoes" from Inside The Mix: Richard Wright Episode 1 #Music #Synthesizers #History

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @mcsweeneys You Impale One Guy, and Suddenly You're "Vlad the Impaler" #Humor #Satire #History

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @kottke 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively... #Art #History #Japan

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @gizmodo Archaeologists Thought These Early Cannibals Mostly Ate Children. They Were Wrong #Archaeology #History #Science

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  • @kottke All US Cities Which Used to Have More Than 100,000 People But Don't Anymore #Demographics #Urban #History

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    Jul 28, 2026

  • @nyt_homepage Kumamoto Castle, a Famed Landmark, Is Damaged in the Japan Earthquake #Japan #Earthquake #History

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  • @bbc_news Roman port dug up behind woman's home #History #Archaeology #Discovery

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  • @bbc_news Roman port dug up behind woman's home #History #Archaeology #Discovery

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  • @nyt_arts An Atlanta Museum's New Look at the Civil War Goes Beyond Relics #History #Museums #Arts

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  • @npr_throughline The license to be funny in America #History #Comedy #Culture

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  • @bbc_news In 1940s Australia, a young orphan is brought to a remote orphanage #History #Drama #Australia

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  • @bbc_news In 1940s Australia, a young orphan is brought to a remote orphanage #History #Drama #Orphanage

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  • @bbc_news A powerful Australian drama set in a remote 1940s orphanage #Drama #History #Australia

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  • @wsj_opinion Mao Meets Manhattan #Opinion #History #China

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    Jul 27, 2026

  • @kottke We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country .... #Economy #Society #History

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  • @npr_culture How San Diego Comic-Con has changed over the years #Culture #PopCulture #History

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  • @npr_culture At 92, Ed Dwight looks back on a life that reached for the stars #Culture #History #Inspiration

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  • @hackernews Beyond Greece and Rome #HackerNews #Tech #History

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  • @lobsters Advantages and disadvantages of Windows NT 3.1 #Windows #History #Tech

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  • @lobsters The Computer That Helped Win World War II: Colossus cracked Germany's encrypted communications #History #Computers #WWII

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  • @the_bob_moog_foundation Extensive Collection of Prototypes, Publications, Schematics, and More Donated to the Archives #Synthesizers #Archives #History

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  • @nyt_sports Mayo, the all-Ireland football title and an incredible end to one of sport's longest curses #Sports #GAA #History

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  • @nyt_travel 5 New Hotels in Vintage Buildings #Travel #Hotels #History

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  • @nyt_business 5 New Hotels in Vintage Buildings #Travel #Hotels #History

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  • @nyt_homepage How a Novelist of the American Past Recovered His Faith in Its Future #Books #History #Culture

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  • @lobsters History of John Backus's FP languages #History #Programming #ComputerScience

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  • @npr_race_and_culture Remembering the Sand Creek Massacre through one objector's letters #History #Culture #SocialJustice

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    Jul 26, 2026

  • @hackernews Angels in Coptic Magic I: Introduction #HackerNews #Tech #History

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    Jul 26, 2026

  • @nyt_sports The most significant transactions in 76ers franchise history: From Wilt to Dr. J to LeBron #Basketball #Sports #History

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  • @npr_national Trump allies approve new rules that will weaken protections for historic sites #Politics #History #News

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  • @nyt_homepage Why Odysseus Turned on the Trojan Horse #Movies #Mythology #History

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