#1926

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Bill_inTexasLA

I think if we look into the past of blood research we will better understand what is happening today. The Rh factor was discovered in 1940 with the help of

WilliamMorrisGallery

WMGallery

Bird and Pomegranate wallpaper, designed by Kathleen Kersey for Morris & Co., c.1926, reprinted c.1950 by Arthur Sanderson and Sons LtdTHREAD Here's another object in our #MorethanMorris series, where

raine

lLLlClTAFFAIRS

my opinion on ‘these violent delights’ by @thechloegong (a non-spoiler thread) first, let me start off with this: if you’re reading this thread and you haven’t read the book yet,

Michel Lara

VeraCausa9

The perfect symmetry of the Zeus Artemision bronze. There's been a long debate on these questions: Is the bronze god representing Zeus or Poseidon? Is he wielding a thunderbolt or

Pao: astrologer 🌙☀️

paostrology

Astrology study: artist Rene MagritteHe’s known for his surrealist paintings playing w reality.Huge Sag 1H stellium opposing Neptune, ruled by Jupiter in Libra 11H; close w fellow surrealists, boosted his

Library School Dropout

chi_geek

It’s time for my annual look back at the many photo ceramic portraits found at Chicagoland cemeteries. There are so many because of Oak Park's J.A. Dedouch Company, which began

Joshua Benton

jbenton

In small-town Louisiana, it was still cool in 1926 to arrest "idle negroes" who weren't working for local white farmers. Once their labor force was captive, farmers would bail them

Moochar

AsliBinLaden

THREADBombay/Mumbai and its post-partition underworld Dons and gangsters. 'Founder of Indian mafia'Abdul Karim Sher Khan aka 'Karim Lala'Born in Afghanistan in 1911, went to Bombay in the 40s, started by

Onur Özgöde

ummodern

In the middle of a depression in 1920, NY Fed and a few other Reserve Banks raised interest rates. To us it looks like a policy error, because macroeconomic theory

Idiot. Not an intellectual.

passivefool

Polarization of markets isn't a bug but rather a feature. And it turns out, if your performance is horrible, you can blame it on polarization in the markets. It's like

Richard Chu

richard_chu97

Stock picking is exceptionally difficultFrom 1926 to 2016, only ~4% of stocks accounted for all of the $35 trillion in wealth creationOver half of stocks had negative lifetime returns! The

EJ Albright

AmericanEgypt

1/6 One of my mini-hobbies is dating photos of #ChichenItza. These amazing aerial shots are said to be from 1933; possible, but unlikely. The pyramid El Castillo in one is

Ask An Entomologist

BugQuestions

If any of your professors/advisors ever give you this advice, please remember that many students are dependent on tools/techniques which were readily available in the 1980s.We can use @Stylopidae's dissertation

Jason Crawford

jasoncrawford

The 300-year history of vaccines as app updates: ~1720v0.1 (beta): InoculationFeatures:• Grants immunity• Usually doesn't kill youKnown bugs:• Mild disease symptoms• You're still contagious and can start an outbreakSupported

🇨🇦🏒BigRed🏒🇨🇦 #BringBackBowen #BOF

77kingofthereds

This Is Me! A Die Hard @MapleLeafs Fan Who Started A Quest Years Back To Obtain 1 Hockey Card For Every Player To Ever Suit Up For This Historic Franchise!

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hisdoryan

As everyone is seriously happy that Biden's two cute doggos (Major and Champ) will shortly be moving into the White House, here's a bit of a thread on Presidential pets