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A documentary podcast that explores the lives of history's greatest individuals https://t.co/o1sbR3xmUX

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WATCH: Just as they did at Buckingham Palace twenty years ago to show solidarity with the US, the Band of the Welsh Guards this morning played the US National Anthem at changing of the guard. #NeverForget 


Perspective: Socrates was born circa 470 BCE.

Ancient Greek gold and rock crystal swivel ring engraved with a snake, dated to 600-500 BCE.

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Earth at night seen from the International Space Station.


Watch this video if you listened to the latest episode on Vincent Van Gogh. This is exactly how I imagine it would happen if it was possible...

@GiantsHistory I'm not a big Dr Who fan (and I don't know if you are). But in light of your most recent episode, I would like to share with you my favourite Dr Who moment. youtu.be/ubTJI_UphPk



Two part series on Frederick Douglass just went live, released in response to the inexplicable vandalism of his statue in NY. #FrederickDouglass #Americanhero #historypodcasts Part 1: “The Gates of Hell” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gia… Part 2: “The Fight” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gia…

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Funny footage of Apollo astronauts falling on the moon. Sped up 2x. Credit: NASA


Amazing!

Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.



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On March 11, 2005 Kevin Berthia was prepared to take his life. California Highway Patrol officer Kevin Briggs spent 60 life-changing minutes convincing him to climb back over the rail. Berthia has sincemarried and had two children. Look at what love can do. ✨

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@HardcoreHistory saw this & it reminded me of your recent show.

75 years ago today British bombers attacked German ships in Nordgulenfjord, Norway, and leaving us some of the most extraordinary footage of ww2. Via @rgpoulussen



Part 8 of our series on Winston Churchill is now live... “The Great Escape | Now or Never” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gia…

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This photo, taken on October 24th 1946, is the first ever photo taken of Earth from space. Prior to this photo, what Earth actually looked like, was just an educated guess...

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Have just heard a paleontologist say this, which blew my head off: When a T-Rex was alive all Stegosaurus were already fossils. A T-Rex is closer in time to an iPad than to a Stegosaurus.


“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” - Twain


“We’ve learned to fly the air like birds, we’ve learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven’t learned to walk the earth like brothers and sisters.” - Martin Luther King Jr.


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For a guy like myself who has stacks of books just sitting all over the floor impeding my movement at every turn, this is what I dream about at night!

The great library of St Florian Abbey in Austria A masterpiece of Baroque architecture with elaborate carved bookcases and balustrades with gilded details A ceiling fresco by Bartolomeo Altomonte, c1747, depicts allegorical subjects who watch over the great room from the clouds

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One step closer to the time machine

I hope you find this fun& intriguing.I'm proud to announce "War Remains" an attempt to create a unique experience for you using the best technology & tools available.This is a destination-based VR experience presented by me and produced by MWM @MWMstorydriven #TheGreatWarRemains

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