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@gothamist A massive MTA archive ended up in a Virginia warehouse. A Brooklyn man brought it home. #NYC #Transit #History
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Sep 23, 2026
@aeon How the West was fun #History #Culture #Philosophy
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Sep 23, 2026
@lithub The True Story of the Actual First Shot Fired in the Civil War #History #CivilWar #AmericanHistory
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Sep 23, 2026
@lithub How Weimar Germany's Proportional Democracy Put Hitler in Power #History #Politics #Democracy
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Sep 23, 2026
@nyt_opinion New Matrix, Meet the Old Matrix #AI #Politics #History
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Sep 23, 2026
@guardian_world Glimpses into lives of Roman surburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds #Archaeology #RomanHistory #History
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Sep 23, 2026
@diamond_geezer Kew Palace #London #History #Travel
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Sep 23, 2026
@hackernews How often do you think about the 1893 World's Fair? #HackerNews #Tech #History
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Sep 23, 2026
@the_race Unique items from Schumacher and Senna's careers auctioned #Motorsport #F1 #History
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Sep 23, 2026
@guardian_world Jamaica hails King's decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as 'really big deal' #WorldNews #History #Politics
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Sep 23, 2026
@all_thats_interesting Jon-Erik Hexum, The Up-And-Coming Actor Who Was Killed In One Of Hollywood's Most Tragic On-Set Accidents #History #TrueCrime #Tragedy
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Sep 23, 2026
@wikipedia_featured Mary Mallon #Wikipedia #History #Biography
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Sep 23, 2026
@bbc_news Brad Pitt stars as a tank commander on a dangerous mission in WWII #WWII #History #Film
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Sep 22, 2026
@bbc_news Brad Pitt stars as a raw recruit on a dangerous mission in WWII #Movies #History #War
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Sep 22, 2026
@all_thats_interesting Who Was Green Boots? The Story Of The Man Behind Mt. Everest's Most Famous Body #Everest #Climbing #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@all_thats_interesting Soldiers In South Korea Were Sweeping For Landmines And Uncovered The Oldest Gunpowder Weapon Ever Found In The Country's History #History #Archaeology #Weapons
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Sep 22, 2026
@nyt_world Cold War Lessons for A.I. #AI #Geopolitics #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@hell_gate I Could Totally Take This 19th Century Nativist in a Fight #NYC #History #Opinion
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Sep 22, 2026
@nyt_sports Who were the Racine Tornadoes, the 1920s NFL franchise brought to light by Chargers' misery? #NFL #History #Sports
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Sep 22, 2026
@nautilus The Mysterious Migrant Potters of Ancient Tampa Bay #History #Archaeology #Culture
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Sep 22, 2026
@kottke Mary Cassatt: The Impressionist Who Painted The Mind #Art #Impressionism #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@wapo_world Man charged over Rwanda genocide in first for U.K. #WorldNews #Justice #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@atlas_obscura The Nick Weerts Memorial Phone Booth in Madison, Wisconsin #History #Travel #Oddities
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Sep 22, 2026
@atlas_obscura Allen County Historical Society and Museum in Lima, Ohio #History #Museum #Culture
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Sep 22, 2026
@atlas_obscura Ohio's Small Town Museum in Ashville, Ohio #Museums #History #Oddities
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Sep 22, 2026
@highbrow_magazine The Gripping Story of a Medal-of-Honor Recipient in the Pacific War #History #Military #WarStories
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Sep 22, 2026
@atlas_obscura Abandoned Bugatti Factory in Campogalliano, Italy #Cars #History #Abandoned
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Sep 22, 2026
@lobsters why java class files start with 0xCAFEBABE #Java #Programming #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@gothamist [sponsor] Times Travel Turns One Times Square Into an Immersive Trip Through the History of the NYE Ball Drop #NYC #Events #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@nyt_arts A Black Jefferson Descendant Is Buried at Monticello for the First Time #History #Genealogy #Arts
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Sep 22, 2026
@gizmodo Early Earth Was a Molten, Asteroid-Blasted Hellscape. Scientists Now Know When That Changed #Science #Earth #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@nyt_homepage Mathematics Isn't Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why. #Science #AI #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@guardian_world Amateur archaeologist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German field #Archaeology #History #Numismatics
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Sep 22, 2026
@kottke TIL Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris (aka The Hunchback... #History #Literature #TIL
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Sep 22, 2026
@nyt_arts Was Mary Magdalene a Sinner or a Saint? Artists Weigh In #Art #History #Religion
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Sep 22, 2026
@anglotopia Great Events in British History: 1916 Easter Rising - Ireland Begins Its Path to Independence #History #British #Ireland
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Sep 22, 2026
@atlas_obscura Exchange Palace (Tőzsdepalota) in Budapest, Hungary #History #Architecture #Travel
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Sep 22, 2026
@512_pixels The Performa's In-Store Demo #Apple #RetroTech #History
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Sep 22, 2026
@hackernews The mystery animal on an ancient god's head #HackerNews #Tech #History
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