Bob the Traveler6m ago
Japanese shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was born OTD in 1646 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/forty-seven-ronin/?s=mb #travel #Japan #history
The Forty-Seven Rōnin and Japan's Shōguns

The revenge of the 47 rōnin is a classic story of the Edo period when Shōguns ruled Japan. See their graves at Sengaku-ji in Tōkyō.

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Ancient Origins14m ago
🗿 ARCHAEOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH: Pandora: Unleashing Hell and Hope Upon Humanity
📈 Trending with 100K+ readers! History just got more interesting! 📚
https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/pandora-goddess-who-unleashed-both-hell-and-hope-upon-humanity-002902
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Incredible #Civilization #Ancient
The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨20m ago

🎨⚙️ Before he was a legendary painter, Leonardo #daVinci was a military engineer dreaming of flight, #submarines, and armored #tanks.

👉 https://www.thecollector.com/da-vinci-inventions/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_content=da_vinci_inventions

#engineering #history #renaissance #innovation #biomimicry #science #art #education

The Genius Behind Da Vinci's Inventions | TheCollector

A genius far ahead of his time, Leonardo da Vinci was a prolific inventor whose contributions to science helped change the course of history.

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Ben Higbie21m ago

statue of a man and a dog, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 8th–7th century B.C.

#museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums #history #arthistory #sculpture #sculptures #artgallery #artgalleries #artist #animals #nature #dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #pets #pet #petsofmastodon

Bob the Traveler22m ago
Marc Garneau, born OTD in 1949, was the first Canadian in space, flying on the NASA Space Shuttle in 1984, 1996, and 2000; he became Minister of Transport for #Canada in 2015 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/2.html?s=mb #spaceflight #history
NASA's Space Poop Challenge

The Challenge of Space Toilets — A blog about toilets

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The Perpetually Curious!28m ago

💫 In 1895, a physicist shielded his experiment in darkness, yet something made a distant screen glow. That accidental moment would reveal the shadow maps hidden within us all.

✍️ Discover how invisible light changed medicine forever: https://TPC8.short.gy/NjCoTG2p

🌌 What we cannot see often illuminates what matters most.

#XRays #Physics #History #MedicalImaging #Science #Discovery
#InvisibleLight #STEM #TPC8

🔬 The Light That Sees Through You: How X-Rays Illuminate the Hidden World Within

Discover how X-rays work — from Röntgen's 1895 accident to bremsstrahlung physics, medical imaging, DNA, and the science of invisible light.

Verdant Square Radio28m ago

Black History Moment | Day 23 - Georgia E. L. Patton Washington


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5C26fqSqYo

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Georgia E. L. Patton Washington | Black History Moment | Day 23

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Bob the Traveler36m ago
OTD in 1554, Mapuche forces under the leadership of Lautaro defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in #Chile https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile/la-serena/?s=mb #travel #history
La Serena, Chile's City of Neocolonial Architecture

La Serena is Chile's second-oldest city, known as "The City of Churches", filled with neocolonial-architecture.

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Bob the Traveler40m ago
Naruhito, 126th Emperor of #Japan, was born OTD in 1960; he ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era, following the abdication of Emperor Akihito https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kofun/empress-hibasuhime.html?s=mb #travel #history
Kofun of Empress Hibasuhime — Megalithic Tombs of Japan's Ancient Rulers

Mausoleum of Empress Hibasuhime. Kofun, megalithic tombs with distinctive keyhole shapes, were built in Japan from the early 3rd to the early 7th century CE. Today they are believed to be the tombs of Emperors.

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History Today42m ago

The Cancelled Prime Minister: The Extraordinary Rise and Tragic Fall of Ramsay MacDonald by Walter Reid finds the romance behind #Labour’s great betrayer.

✍️ Richard Toye reviews the recent #history book

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/cancelled-prime-minister-walter-reid-review

‘The Cancelled Prime Minister’ by Walter Reid review | History Today