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re-telling history like a boss
01 year ago
in humanity
Ever finish a meal, and declare to your friends that you’re off to the vomitorium like the Romans did in Roman times? Ever dress up like a viking with horns on your helmet? Ever tell the one about the time when Christopher Columbus risked falling of the edge of an allegedly flat earth to prove that it was round? Well, prepare to eat some humble pie.
calling all history buffs
02 years ago
in technology
whathappenedinmybirthyear.com is a great site if you’re interested in recent history. It opens up with a very simple page with a single line asking you to put in the year of your birth. Type it in, press the button and it counts down from the current year back to your birthyear and starts to reveal a run down of interesting facts and happenings. It just keeps going and going. I’m not sure where it pulls the data from, but it’s an interesting way to while away a few minutes. Unfortunately, if you navigate away, you’ll have to start all over again, and the information is revealed in the same order, so there’s not a lot of incentive for a repeat visit. Worth a look though.
drunk … everything
02 years ago
in humanity
I recently posted about drunk cooking. Well it seems that “drunk” is a popular youtube genre. Of course, there’s a new episode of “my drunk kitchen”, featuring tacos and margaritas:
and then there’s this gem – historical drunkenness:
astronomical!
02 years ago
in humanity, technology
Video mapping showing the 600 year history of the Astronomical Clock in the old town square in Prague.
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