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Global Financial Data

GlobalFinData

The Suez Canal was constructed between 1859 and 1869 and was officially opened on November 17, 1869. Dreams of building a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea go

Craig Thomson

cra1gwt

Decided to do a #hundredyearswar hobby #wargaming project and thought I’d do a thread which I build up as I go. So, as it’s just in the early stages, here’s

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

Did you know the word 'pew' is derived from Latin 'podia' via Old French 'puie', meaning 'balcony' or 'balustrade'? And that most churches didn’t have seating until the 1200s?Interest piqued?

1.#OTD - 29 December 1870. Continuation of the Siege of Péronne, #Somme:Attempting to conserve ammunition, the German barrage of Péronne eased in intensity & became more target specific as the

alexis nedd

alexisthenedd

I’ve been re-listening to the Hamilton soundtrack lately and I’m newly obsessed with the characterization of the Marquis de Lafayette. For context, Gilbert de Lafayette was demonstrably, historically, a COMPLETE

user XMC

ximuoicay

Ok here we go (stretch arms, crack fingers). Thread on the creation of South Viet Nam. Preamble: ✦ it's a complex history w lots of people & events but this

Melissa Ryan

MelissaRyan

Some day an investigative journalist is going to write one hell of a book on the Neoreationary movement, its influence in Silicon Valley, and the funding and influence it clearly

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Final Covid attitudes memo of 2020: no 37- Christmas spirit only slightly dampened, but doubts about relying on public to manage risks- UK ranks high for vaccine appetite; low for

David Evans 😷

drdavidevans

The new @IASPpain definition of pain is:“An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.”Six Notes were created to accompany the

Olofu

sheiduhabib_

Topic: 8 Famous Criminals Episode 5 (Jacques Mesrine) Highlight: Jacques Mesrine was known as France's public enemy No 1, a pathologically violent gangster who claimed to have killed 43 people

Yannik Omictin🇵🇭🇫🇷

Yannik_in_2A01

As far as I can tell, I'm the first Filipino-American to serve in elected office in the history of the District of Columbia. I am deeply humbled, but hyper-aware that

Shelby Talcott

ShelbyTalcott

Another day in CHAZ, which has now been renamed CHOP. Apparently there is a debate over what the “O” stands for, though: Ambulance just left the border of CHAZ/CHOP. One

Zoé

ztsamudzi

Anyway, minus well start this. If any folks are interested and want me to tweet a bit as I read, I’m happy to. Already shook by this blurb by philosopher

Edward Hamilton

EdwardLHamilton

1/ Charting the Evangelical Awokening"The "Great Awokening" is a thesis by @ZachG932 that the media (and by extension, media-influenced progressive readership) underwent a discontinuous phase transition toward new ways of

fowler_lara

fowler_lara

A covid-19 thread. A year ago, we were living in Sweden on sabbatical. In Sept. 2019, my husband ran a 15 km race in Sweden. 15k people, he came in

PACE

PACE_News

1/ Happy birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, signed #OnThisDay 70 years ago! Today, the #ECHR binds 47 nations, obliging them to respect the basic rights of everyone

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