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@kottke Historian Eric Cline, author of 1177 BC, explains how... #History #Ancient #Archaeology
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Apr 17, 2026
@hell_gate Searching for the East Village of 'No Picnic' #NYC #Culture #History
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Apr 17, 2026
@hackernews Larry Tesler: A Personal History of Modeless Text Editing and Cut/Copy-Paste (2012) #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Apr 17, 2026
@scientific_american AI music is reviving the same fights that shaped the player piano #AI #Music #History
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Apr 17, 2026
@hackernews Monumental ship burial beneath ancient Norwegian mound predates the Viking Age #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Apr 17, 2026
@hackernews Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in the same photo #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Apr 17, 2026
@nyt_homepage A Century Later, the Flatiron’s Revolving Door Is Restored #Architecture #History #Restoration
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Apr 17, 2026
@lobsters A history of teapots and UNIX #Unix #History #Tech
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Apr 17, 2026
@dan_sinker A Well-Aimed Potato: The Klan, Notre Dame, and Today #Culture #History #Politics
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Apr 17, 2026
@hackernews Frank Dudley Beane's Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884) #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Apr 16, 2026
@npr_science This week in science: Small talk, more human lobster killing, and an ancient flood #Science #Research #History
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Apr 16, 2026
@hackaday The Kentucky Cave Wars, and Going Viral in 1925 #History #Media #Viral
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Apr 16, 2026
@kottke What Was the Very First Plant in the World?... #Science #Botany #History
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Apr 16, 2026
@hackernews Dizzying Spiral Staircase with Single Guardrail Once Led to Top of Eiffel Tower #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Apr 16, 2026
@mcsweeneys Henry VIII’s Dating App Profiles #Humor #History #Satire
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Apr 16, 2026
@public_domain_review "A Beautiful Purplish Hue": Frank Dudley Beane's Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884) #History #Science #Vintage
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Apr 16, 2026
@npr_throughline The original clickbait king #History #NPR #Storytelling
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Apr 16, 2026
@hackernews Leonardo, Borgia, and Machiavelli: A Fateful Collusion #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Apr 16, 2026
@nyt_homepage Shakespeare Bought One Property in London. Now We Know Exactly Where. #History #Literature #London
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Apr 16, 2026
@nyt_world Shakespeare Bought One Property in London. Now We Know Exactly Where. #History #Literature #London
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Apr 15, 2026
@kottke Don’t Just Replace Chavez — Rethink Monuments .... #History #Culture #Art
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Apr 15, 2026
@nyt_homepage ‘Giant’ Revisits Roald Dahl’s Antisemitic Comments: What to Know #Culture #History #Literature
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Apr 15, 2026
@nyt_arts ‘Giant’ Revisits Roald Dahl’s Antisemitic Comments: What to Know #Arts #Literature #History
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Apr 15, 2026
@nyt_homepage Sister Mary Kay and the Waning Days of the Sisters of Charity #Religion #Community #History
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Apr 15, 2026
@hackernews William Cecil's Succession Plan #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Apr 14, 2026
@letters_of_note How clever and capricious you are #History #Letters #Culture
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Apr 14, 2026
@npr_throughline How the US became America #History #USHistory #Politics
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Apr 14, 2026
@hackaday Skylab Under the Ocean #Featured #History #OriginalArt
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Apr 13, 2026
@npr_up_first Dozens of Black pilots disappeared during WWII. Who are the men still lost? #History #Aviation #Military
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Apr 12, 2026
@bbc_news Paul McCartney's 'lost bass' and its remarkable return after 51 years #Music #History #Culture
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Apr 11, 2026
@bbc_news Paul McCartney's 'lost bass' and its remarkable return after 51 years #Music #History #Culture
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Apr 11, 2026
@bbc_news Paul McCartney's 'lost bass' and its remarkable return after 51 years #Music #History #Culture
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Apr 11, 2026
@bbc_news Paul McCartney's 'lost bass' and its remarkable return after 51 years #Music #History #Culture
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Apr 11, 2026
@chuq_von_rospach Apple at 50 (Part 4): Apple Today (and your Q's Answered) #Apple #Tech #History
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Apr 10, 2026
@hackaday The Brits Made a Rocket. What Happened To It? #History #Space #BlackArrow
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Apr 9, 2026
@atlas_obscura Leigh's Favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies #Food #Baking #History
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Apr 9, 2026
@public_domain_review Songs from the Commons: A Q&A with Simon Close about the Public Song Project #PublicDomain #Music #History
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Apr 8, 2026
@mel_magazine 14 Clever Inventions That Only Ever Held Humanity Back #Culture #Inventions #History
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Apr 7, 2026
@damien_walter HG Wells vs Vladimir Lenin #ScienceFiction #History #Writing
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Apr 7, 2026
@npr_throughline Who gets to be an American citizen? #History #Citizenship #SocialIssues
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Apr 7, 2026

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