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These guys do a good job expounding on Knox’s noble train of artillery. https://youtu.be/g7yLcBUhvhM
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S4E10 "The Noble Train of Artillery"
On November 17, 1775 began the actions of the Noble Train of Artillery in the American Revolution. This ultimately resulted in the British evacuation of Boston. Click on the picture below to watch this episode of Revolutionary War Rarities with special…
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TIL that during the U.S. financial panic of 1895, the U.S. government borrowed gold from banker J.P. Morgan to stabilize the economy.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL that during the U.S. financial panic of 1895, the U.S. government borrowed gold…
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Still the #1 New Release in Electromagnetism. Help my friends at the Society for Post-Quantum Research put the classical back into classical physics, and check it out. https://amzn.to/4p9hd8I
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Just a reminder that every year Santa breaks through Apokolips' defensive systems to give Darkseid his lump of coal.
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TIL that maggots can be used in human surgery to treat gangrene/remove dead tissue
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL that maggots can be used in human surgery to treat gangrene/remove dead tissue
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TIL aluminum Christmas trees, much maligned by Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas, were a real thing, invented in 1959. When Charlie Brown started badmouthing them in his 1965 special, he pretty much killed the market, which all but disappeared by 1969.
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TIL that Christmas was banned by the English Parliment in 1644 because many of the Puritans believed it was "too closely associated with Catholicism" and it had simply become too drunken and debauched.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL that Christmas was banned by the English Parliment in 1644 because many of the…
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You know who to blame for everything ! ... that Russian guy !
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TIL Santa Claus began as Nicholas of Myra, a Greek bishop known for helping the poor. One legend says he secretly dropped bags of gold thru a window to save three girls from prostitution when their father couldn’t afford dowries, inspiring traditions of secret gift-giving and the folklore of Santa.
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Trump just channeled his inner George Washington and dropped a series of Christmas Day strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria, who have been slaughtering Christians
Trump is neutralizing Deep State assets around the globe.
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