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December 28, 2010

History

10 Unforgettable Stories History Forgot
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This list is inspired by an excellent book I recently bought called "Lost to Time". I strongly recommend you buy it if you want to read much more detail about the stories, people, and places in this list. Read more
— by Jamie Frater

Recent comment by Michelle

awesome list! loved it :)

Sat

December 4, 2010

History

8 Greatest Antarctic Explorers
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To even get to the continent of Antarctica one has to cross thousands of miles of harsh, ice-choked waters, and once your there, things are even worse. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, remotest, windiest and highest... Read more
— by Joshua Knode

Recent comment by Olufsen

Shackleton was a great explorer and all, but i do not think his accomplishments surpased surpassed those of Amundsen.

Sun

November 28, 2010

History

8 Potentially World Ending Nuclear Scares
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For more than 40 years, the two great superpowers of the world (America and the USSR) and their allies were locked in a nuclear confrontation known as the Cold War. Both sides were on a hair-trigger to launch massive... Read more
— by Kenny Cheung

Recent comment by George

japans emperor wanted to surrender. the military itself didnt. the emperor wanted to surrender months before the atomic...

Tue

November 23, 2010

History

Top 10 Shocking Historical Beliefs and Practices
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It is amazing how much the human perspective has changed in the last fifty years. Before the expansion of modern medicine and psychiatric care, people were exposed to brutal procedures and morbid beliefs. In the last... Read more
— by Bryan Johnson

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Fri

November 19, 2010

History

12 Little Known Turning Points of World War II
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Because of the shear size of the war, many significant battles have become nearly forgotten because they a) were relatively small in scale b) took place outside of the three most well known fronts (East, West and... Read more
— by Mark Boughton

Recent comment by Skeptique

There's some good information here, but please, please learn the difference between "its" and "it's."

Sun

November 14, 2010

History

10 Ancient Methods of Birth Control
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This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the birth control pill, which many considered to have empowered women and sparked the sexual revolution. But as this list will show, women have had some control over their... Read more
— by Iva Cheung

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Fri

November 12, 2010

History

10 More Great Speeches in History
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The recent Linkin Park Album A Thousand Suns had an amazing and passionate speech at the beginning of the hit song “Wretches and Kings,” which got me thinking: since a list of the 10 greatest speeches already... Read more
— by Ali Hayat

Recent comment by peter8172

Ted Kennedy's "The Dream Will Never Die" speech, 1980. His concession speech to Jimmy Carter at the Democratic Convention.

Sat

October 30, 2010

History

Top 10 Bizarre Weapons of the Allies
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Oh war! This is a deadly game that our world loves to play so much. Omar Bradley once quipped that, "We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.” The ferocity of... Read more
— by John Barit

Recent comment by idontknow

weres the bat bomb that was pretty weird

Sat

October 23, 2010

History

Top 10 Important Blunders of Ancient Science
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One of the most tempting mistakes in studying history is to judge the past by modern standards. Nowhere is this more easily seen than in the contributions of ancient science. When we laugh at geocentric cosmology or the... Read more
— by Tristan Bradshaw

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