David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
october 2016 by pax
71 Thousand High-Res Historical Maps Available for Free Download
via http://www.archdaily.com/797814/71-thousand-high-res-historical-maps-available-for-free-download
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via http://www.archdaily.com/797814/71-thousand-high-res-historical-maps-available-for-free-download
october 2016 by pax
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
december 2014 by pax
The PCL Map Collection includes more than 250,000 maps
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december 2014 by pax
When They Got Back from the Moon, Apollo 11 Astronauts Went through Customs
october 2011 by pax
NASA has confirmed that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins went through customs upon their return to Earth and the United States. They filled out the above form, declaring their travel itinerary and that they had brought back moon rocks, dust, and samples through the US border. They did not mention the whiskey smuggled inside Aldrinâs suitcase.
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october 2011 by pax
Photos Of Child Slaves, 1863
september 2011 by pax
Via How To Be A Retronaut, scans of a series of collectible cards, sold to raise awareness of the anti-slavery cause, with photos of slave children whom abolitionists had brought North and freed. Itâs an interesting glimpse into how widely âblacknessâ could be defined in the slave-era South:
âSlave children, freed and brought North by abolitionists to emphasize the plight of slaves. The proceeds from sale of the photographs were to be used to educate freed slaves who had come under the jurisdiction of the Union Army in the New Orleans area. A caption on one of these photographs points out that the children had been turned out of a hotel in Philadelphia because of their âcolor.ââ
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âSlave children, freed and brought North by abolitionists to emphasize the plight of slaves. The proceeds from sale of the photographs were to be used to educate freed slaves who had come under the jurisdiction of the Union Army in the New Orleans area. A caption on one of these photographs points out that the children had been turned out of a hotel in Philadelphia because of their âcolor.ââ
september 2011 by pax
Allies Planned To Slip Hitler Female Sex Hormones
august 2011 by pax
The British plotted to lace Hitlerâs food with estrogen so as to turn him âfeminineâ or into a mustached transsexual or something. Because that would bring about peace. Lesson being, if it hadnât ended when it did, World War II would have grown continually stranger and stranger. The Telegraph writes:
Some tried bombs to neutralize the Führer, others tried bullets. Now it has come to light that British spies looked at derailing the man behind the German war machine by giving him female sex hormones.
Agents planned to smuggle doses of oestrogen into his food to make him less aggressive and more like his docile younger sister Paula, who worked as a secretary.
Spies working for the British were close enough to Hitler to have access to his food, said Professor Brian Ford, who discovered the plot. He explained that oestrogen was chosen because it was tasteless and would have a slow and subtle effect, meaning it would pass Hitlerâs food testers unnoticed.
Speaking about the scheme, Prof Ford, a science writer and fellow of Cardiff University, said: âThere was an Allied plan that they would smuggle oestrogen into Hitlerâs food and change his sex so he would become more feminine and less aggressive.
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Some tried bombs to neutralize the Führer, others tried bullets. Now it has come to light that British spies looked at derailing the man behind the German war machine by giving him female sex hormones.
Agents planned to smuggle doses of oestrogen into his food to make him less aggressive and more like his docile younger sister Paula, who worked as a secretary.
Spies working for the British were close enough to Hitler to have access to his food, said Professor Brian Ford, who discovered the plot. He explained that oestrogen was chosen because it was tasteless and would have a slow and subtle effect, meaning it would pass Hitlerâs food testers unnoticed.
Speaking about the scheme, Prof Ford, a science writer and fellow of Cardiff University, said: âThere was an Allied plan that they would smuggle oestrogen into Hitlerâs food and change his sex so he would become more feminine and less aggressive.
august 2011 by pax
Snap Bird -
december 2009 by pax
re-finding the tweets that got away
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december 2009 by pax
Unhappy Birthday
july 2005 by pax
'Happy birthdayday to you' is copyrighted!
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july 2005 by pax
PhotoRaid 2004 - Shooting at the gates - Fortified saxon churches in Transylvania
november 2004 by pax
for 9 days in July, 7 photographers of the Mioritics Association have covered a circuit that included 60 fortified churches in the area of Sighisoara - Medias - Sibiu - Agnita.
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november 2004 by pax
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