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Linda Yueh
lindayueh
Yale Happiness Lab: “well known that living through hard circumstances can make us happier because it teaches each of us to be grateful for so many things in life." In
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DeltVar / 1312 / Bravo Lambda Mike
DeltVar
Thread about "White culture", and why it doesn't make any sense.As a European, someone who was born in France, travelled across several European countries, I always cringe a little when
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Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ
bdaiwi_historia
1/Following up on an interesting point raised by Jonathan AC Brown about Avicenna & wine-drinking, I'd like to offer a few cursory remarks. One: Avicenna drank wine. His penchant for
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Crystal Ferreira
cfthisfootnote
I'm so glad you asked! So... the orange carrot we know today was cultivated in the Netherlands in the 16th century. The debate among carrot historians is *why* orange carrots
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Soheil - سهیل
Soheilius
A thread about Iran and Persia and where did these words came from. tldr; Iran is the tree. Persian is one of it’s many branches. If you are interested to
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All Possums Go to Heaven
AndyinDC1
The ancient Greeks had “xenia.” The Romans called it “hospitium.” The Pashtun call theirs “nanawatai.” In Australia, it’s called “wunan.” Societies all over the world, for thousands of years, have
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melina - dodgers szn!!
kikeseager
serious question: have any of yall heard about the armenian genocide? i am asking because i am half armenian... i am 4th gen. my ancestors got here due to the
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Sizwe sikaMusi
SizweLo
The South African government in it's infinite wisdom is looking to go to the International Monetary Fund for a loan. Here's a summary of what happened in Greece when that
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daanis 🔥👊🏽💃🏽
gindaanis
Nell Irvin Painter's History of White People is necessary reading. We think so often of a Black/White binary that we forget all the racism *within* whiteness. We forget how permeable
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Sophia vs Sophia
SophiavsSophia
Quince paste, melimelon Κυδωνόπαστο, μελίμηλον Coated with grated almonds Quinces from grandmother's garden at village #Gortynia #Arcadia #Peloponnese #Greece Bruschetta with quince paste, graviera flavoured with 4 p
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Cawnporiaah
Cawnporiaah
One of the earliest recorded attacks on India was by Semiramis, who ruled the Assyrian Empire during the years 811-806 BCE, or nearly 500 years before the invasion of Alexander of
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Fade
fadeaccompli
Okay, let's see if I can do a /quick/ read of _Slavery: Antiquity & Its Legacy_ by Page duBois before I head home today. It opens with a quote from
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Sahak of Zeitun
sahakbahak
The Armenians are indigenous to the entirety if what is considered the #middleeast, yes entirety. For thousand of years we have been cleansed from our native homeland, invaded by Persians,
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JEFF
playgroovnd
~~~~ 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔 ~~~~With Jeff. There are so many extremely powerful and well loved Greek Gods, but we’re not going to talk about them in this list. I wanted
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Ævyyy 🎋🌽
aevACB
The King of Underdogs(A Thread) What's the greatest underdog story ever in football? You might think Leicester's fairy tale win after narrowly missing out on relegation the year before, Liverpool's
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Hillel
hillelogram
Jumping on the bandwagon to sayVideo is asking "why did people come up with Algebra, what did they even use it for?" The tweeter mocks her and says "the technology
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