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• WWII Photos 10/30/12

  

  Today's intriguing WWII images from our Pinterest board. Gas masks, USS Enterprise, Jewish parachutists, and more! Read more

  The 30 October 2012 by   Sfalcont
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• Explorer Discovers 140 Vintage WW II Aircraft Hidden In Burmese Jungle

  

  Here's a cool and interesting story. A British explorer has discovered a long-lost cache of aircraft hidden in the jungles of Myanmar, the country formerly know... Read more

  The 26 October 2012 by   Kungfujedi
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• Penfold

  

  On my way to Chislehurst Caves, I happened across this lovely - if leaning - Penfold letterbox. The model is named after its designer, John Wornham Penfold -... Read more

  The 25 October 2012 by   Carolineld
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• Breakthrough In World's Oldest Undeciphered Writing

  

  image credit The world's oldest undeciphered writing system, which has so far defied attempts to uncover its 5,000-year-old secrets, could be about to be decode... Read more

  The 23 October 2012 by   Gerard
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• Unraveling The Ancient Riddles Of Chinese Jewelry

  

  image credit Chinese jewelry and objects of adornment are exquisite puzzles: Why does a delicate, wafer-thin pendant feature a pair of catfish twisting upon eac... Read more

  The 23 October 2012 by   Gerard
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• Punishment for Prediction Error is Troubling

  

  Earthquake damage in L’Aquila, Italy. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.In April 2009 a devastating earthquake struck the central Italian town of L’Aquila, killing... Read more

  The 23 October 2012 by   Realizingresonance
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• Who Was Leon Trotsky?

  

  Leon Trotsky was something of a hero for a part of the anti-Stalinist left from the 1930s through at least the 1970s. Sidney Hook and John Dewey offered... Read more

  The 14 October 2012 by   Dlittle30
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• Deptford - Australia

  

  October is Black History Month, and among Lewisham Libraries' programme of events was a walking tour of Deptford with historian and novelist S I Martin. He... Read more

  The 14 October 2012 by   Carolineld
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• Voter Registration, Mississippi, 1960

  

  One of the most important and hard-fought dimensions of the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s was the issue of voting rights. The Jim Crow South... Read more

  The 10 October 2012 by   Dlittle30
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• Ghost Signs (80): Drink in Dinard

  

  My last visit to the stylish seaside resort of Dinard, Brittany focused on a relatively modern sign. By contrast, this one is a classic in every sense: not... Read more

  The 10 October 2012 by   Carolineld
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