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10 Overlooked Inventors of the Gilded Age

by Matthew Byrd

Grocery shopping, baking, and laundry are some of the tasks made easier by these inventors.

https://listverse.com/2025/03/17/10-overlooked-inventors-of-the-gilded-age/?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com

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Born into a family of merchants, in 1271 a teenage Marco Polo set out for the court of the Mongol emperor – and he would not return to Italy for nearly a quarter of a century. This episode of You're Dead to Me traces Polo's extraordinary life and adventures.

Written by: Hannah Cusworth, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002913n

The Travels of Marco Polo at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6046

#books #travel #history

Marco Polo recounts his voyages while imprisoned in Genoa.

Original from Storia veneta espressa in centocinquanta tavole inventate e disegnate da Giuseppe Gatteri sulla scorta delle cronache e delle storie e secondo i vari costumi del tempo, incise da Antonio Viviani e dai migliori artisti veneziani ed illustrate da Francesco Zanotto. Venice, Giuseppe Grimaldo , 1863.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marco_Polo#/media/File:42._Marco_Polo_nelle_prigioni_di_Genova_racconta_i_suoi_viaggi_e_le_sue_avventure,_anno_1298.jpg

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Today is the 200th anniversary of the April 17, 1825, document issued by France’s King Charles X recognizing the independence of Haiti after a slave revolt in the colony. But it also imposed a 150 million gold francs debt on the new country as compensation for the economic cost of losing their enslaved labor force. French President Emmanuel Macron, saying the document “subjected the people of Haiti to a heavy financial indemnity,” announced the creation of a joint French-Haitian historical commission to ’’examine our shared past.” But he stopped short of addressing demands for reparations. @AssociatedPress has more.
https://flip.it/xMochD
#France #Haiti #Reparations #Macron #Colony #History

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59d

'Cryptogram' in a silk dress tells a weather story

Was this silk dress worn by an early employee of the National Weather Service?
Mystery code in the pocket tells a story about early forecasting.

Sometimes a dress is just a dress. In this story, a dress becomes a kind of time travel portal, where we get to return very briefly to the Industrial Revolution & learn about the history of weather forecasting on the frontiers of North America in the 1800s.

https://www.noaa.gov/heritage/stories/cryptogram-in-silk-dress-tells-weather-story

#heritage #history

The title page of the Weather Bureau’s 1892 Weather Code book. (Image credit: Sean Jones, NOAA Central Library)

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81d

#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1967, Kathrine Switzer becomes the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner, despite the organiser physically trying to stop her.

She ran it again in 2017, 50 years later.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

Kathrine Switzer running along a road in a grey tracksuit. She is a white woman with dark hair. There are several other men running alongside her, also in running gear. They are protecting her from a man in a blazer who is attempting to rip off the number pinned to her back.

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A Medieval Expert Thinks He’s Found A ‘Missing Penis’ On The Iconic Bayeux Tapestry

By Austin Harvey

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bayeux-tapestry-penises

Books about the Bayeux tapestry at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4445

#art #history

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Bishop Odo rallying Duke William's army during the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry#/media/File:Odo_bayeux_tapestry.png

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82d

New #intro!

I’m a hyperjack musician, writer & video artist. My latest album, ‘Status’, is mainly about escaping Big Tech dystopia.

My website https://meljoann.com includes nerdy blog posts on Faircamp, Owncast & leaving mainstream social media.

Some stuff I love:

#musicProduction #videoProduction #books #experimentalMusic #electronicMusic #RandB #earlyMusic #improvisedMusic #science #knitting #history #scienceFiction #horror #alternativeComedy #anarchism #foss #linux #introduction

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When he died, there were no flags, no procession, no cannon fire. William “Billy” Lee was always there—riding with Washington in war, walking beside him in peace. He served at Cambridge, Valley Forge, Yorktown—silent, indispensable. But when the story of Washington was told, Billy was left out of the frame. His life was one of duty without recognition, loyalty without reward.

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#history #histodons #education #Politics #BlackMastodon
"Billy Lee, Portrait in Tar." 2016. Titus Kaphar.

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‘The Regulars Are Coming Out!’ Inside The True Story Of Paul Revere’s Ride At The Dawn Of The American Revolution

By Amber Morgan

It wasn't just Paul Revere riding that night.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-revere-ride

Books by Henry Wadworth Longfellow (author of the poem "Paul Revere’s Ride")

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/16

Revere's depiction of the Boston Massacre

#history #ushistory

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80d

The Surprisingly Controversial Origins of the Easter Bunny

"Hares were once linked to a Germanic Pagan goddess who never even existed."

https://www.mentalfloss.com/easter-bunny-ostara-origins?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com

Books by the Brothers Grimm at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Brothers+Grimm&submit_search=Search

#history

Cover of Country Gentleman magazine - 1925-04-04.

"The Easter Bunny has hopped in, and found himself lumbered with a basket of tiny chicks. Artist: Paul Bransom Source: eBay seller daysoffuturepast. Restoration by: magscanner" - from Internet Archive

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#OnThisDay, 20 Apr 1902, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie refine radium chlorine. The discovery leads to Marie being the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

The Academy originally planned to award only Pierre and Henri Becquerel. Pierre insisted that Marie should also be included.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomenInSTEM #NobelWomen #Histodons

Maria Skłodowska-Curie in a posed photo in her lab. She's a white woman with dark hair, holding a glass flask and a metal or ceramic dish.

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61d

The Roman Kings Who Ruled Rome Before the Republic

Before the Roman emperors and before the Republic, kings ruled Rome.

https://www.thecollector.com/roman-kings-ruled-rome-before-republic/

Books by Roman historian Livy

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3707

Romulus and Remus by John Leech (1850) from The Comic History of Rome (at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37657)

#romanhistory #history

Shepherd sees wolf in a dress and kerchief with two human babies.

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Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests

DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic similarity to their counterparts in the Levant

By Margherita Bassi

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/carthaginians-ancient-romes-infamous-enemies-are-not-exactly-who-scholars-thought-they-were-ancestry-study-suggests-180986513/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

#history

The ancient people of Carthage, located in modern Tunisia, did not have ancestry in common with the Levantine Phoenicians that established their culture, according to a new study. J. M. W. Turner, The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (1817), Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM #AmericanHistory #Histodons

Annie Jump Cannon sat at a desk. She is clearly not a fan of a clear desk policy as it's messy with papers and open drawers. She is a white woman with pale hair.

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What Spurred the South to Join the American Revolution?

This story involves Patrick Henry, Lord Dunsmore a Royal Governor, and the surprising inaction of George Washington

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-spurred-south-join-american-revolution-180986240/

Books about the American Revolution at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=American+Revolution&submit_search=Search

#history #americanhistory

Painting of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart

"Gilbert Stuart portrayed George Washington several times in this stately, full-length portrait format known as the Grand Manner, initially reserved for royalty. In this case, he used European models for the setting and figure, and then adapted the iconography for an American subject. Standing in the classical pose of an orator (with arm extended), Washington appears in formal civilian clothing, but holds a sword that recalls his military achievements and suggests the might of his presidency. The portrait includes other specifically American details. For example, the table leg at left is carved with the American eagle and fasces (thirteen bundled rods symbolizing the unification of the original colonies), and the chair back at right contains an oval medallion with the Stars and Stripes. The books underneath the table, including one titled The Constitution and Laws of the United States, refer to American history and politics. Stuart also added a rainbow in the distant background as a symbol of the peace after the storm of the Revolution." - from Internet Archive

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P1: 天津地圖，由中東石印局印於中華民國二年（1913年）。由我另加文字標注，字體來源於小學堂隸變資料庫、青柳隸書SIMO2、源流明體丹。
Map of Tientsin, printed at Chung-Tung Litho Works Tientsin in 1913. The text annotations were added by me, with the fonts sourced from Xiaoxuetang Libian (Clerical Change Script) Database, AoyagiReisyoSIMO2, and GenRyuMin2 TC.

P2: 各政治人物於天津之住所，在該地圖中的位置，攝於袁氏宅邸。拉丁轉寫和滿文由我標注，字體來源於源流明體丹、太清白體。
Locations of political figures' residences in Tianjin marked on this map, photographed at Yuan's residence. Latin transliterations and Manchu script annotations added by me, with the fonts sourced from GenRyuMin2 TC, Abkai Xanyan.

P3: 原地圖 Original map

#map #history #figure #china #chinese #residence #mansion #tianjin #tientsin #地圖 #歷史 #人物 #中國 #中華 #大陸 #中國人 #華人 #住所 #故居 #舊居 #宅邸 #天津 #地图 #历史 #中国 #中华 #大陆 #中国人 #华人 #旧居 #travel #trip #旅行 #旅遊 #旅游

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From Tablets to Papyrus: When Was Paper Invented?

The invention of paper as a medium for writing was a revolutionary breakthrough that altered the course of human culture.

by Matt Whittaker

https://www.thecollector.com/when-was-the-invention-of-paper/

#history #papyrus #paper

Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD

Olivierw - Own work

Male bust, from Herculaneum - National Archaeological Museum of Naples (inv. nr. 9072).

This Roman fresco portrait from Herculaneum, dating to the 1st century AD, depicts a young man in a bust-length view, holding a papyrus scroll, symbolizing literacy, learning, or public life. The man’s features are rendered with striking realism typical of Roman portraiture—his gaze is direct, and his expression contemplative, conveying intelligence and status.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus#/media/File:Busto_maschile.JPG

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#art #history:
i like to think that tonight's aston villa win over PSG was for benjamin zephaniah on what would - & SHOULD - have been his 67th birthday.
he was practically perfect in every way - on palestine, non-human animals, the planet, equality & the monarchy - & i know this because he wouldn't have liked anyone holding him in such high esteem.
happy ben day, everyone.
#benjaminZephaniah #poet #actor #musician #film #music #vegan #freePalestine #gaza #astonVilla

digital pencil & ink illustration of magnificent & majorly missed human being, benjamin zephaniah.
he regards you directly, smiling, his hands raised to either side & the index finger on each hand pointing off to the side.
two lightning bolts (one green, the other red) balance above each finger.
ben's on a mustard yellow background.

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I send thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased an art print of

Medicine Crow -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/medicine-crow-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

May the artwork inspire you with a sense of strength, purpose, and determination.

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #history #portrait #man #humanity #dignity #strong #sale #decor

Art print of an original oil painting depicting an indigenous man of North America from the late 19th century.

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Happy Birthday to David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist of the Talking Heads, born on this day in 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)

#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd

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Happy birthday to Kathleen Hanna, American singer, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, lead singer of the feminist punk band Bikini Kill, frontwoman of Le Tigre in the late 1990s, born this day 1968 in Portland

#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #history #otd

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Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study

Despite its central role in human history, pregnancy has often been overlooked in archaeology.

By Marianne Hem Eriksen

https://theconversation.com/viking-pregnancy-was-deeply-political-new-study-254738?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2013%202025%20-%203372534385&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2013%202025%20-%203372534385+CID_4d55af9897bd79bee19210b3856a6137&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk

Vikings at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=vikings&submit_search=Search

#history #archeology #vikings

Britomart, heroine of Book III of Spenser's 'Faerie Queene' by Walter Crane (1900).

Britomart stands confidently, clad in ornate medieval armor, symbolizing her virtue and chastity.

She holds a lance, emblematic of her warrior status, while her flowing cape and elegant posture highlight her femininity and inner strength.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Crane_-_Britomart_(1900).jpg

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#OnThisDay, 22 April 1969, Bernadette Devlin makes her maiden speech in the House of Parliament in London. An Irish Republican, she had rejected their tradition of abstention in order to take her seat. She remained an MP until 1974.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory #Histodons