#History

Pre-market: Nokia down 23%, GameStop down 22%, and AMC down 34%.Some pigs are about to get slaughtered. GameStop down by only 14%. Wall Street betters are now bringing in reinforcements.
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No, Trump’s been a disaster for human rights across the world: praising dictators, undermining international bodies that can protect rights… And a disaster for human rights at home, too: locking
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#Thread: Why we Hindus need to become 'UNAPOLOGETIC'?For many years many of us have hesitated from calling ourselves as 'Hindus' and when asked what is your religion, a common answer
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So @kfile and I wrote a story on Marjorie Taylor Greene's most dangerous conspiracy theories and comments.There's some new reporting in here as well, plus reporting from the likes of
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I disagree with Guns, Germs and Steel. Diamond makes lots of claims that seem dubious to me. E.g. says zebras seem vastly harder to tame than horses. But you would
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Most Filipinos I've talked to would say that's exactly why we (re)invaded the Philippines in 1944.https://twitter.com/wjhenn/status/1288168061686755329 The Navy thought invading the Philippines was a waste of lives and time. MacArth
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Hey as an actual Asian mlm, this thread is full of misinformation and blatant lies. Please do extensive research before writing something like that. So here's a more accurate informational
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I was talking to a Bears fan friend today after the press conference, discussing the basis for Bears fan fury, and it led me to look at some key numbers
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.@MiLB recently did a feature on the 100-win Greenville Braves team in 1992. Some interesting notes about that season... 1/Ten years after managing this team, Grady Little got his first
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I've been thinking a lot lately about the cult-like mentality of Evangelical Christianity in America. I attended a private Christian School from Kindergarten to 12th grade, so I have the
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We wonder how alteration of history can occur. Well, the 1800’s had so much shit happening, I think history preservation was not at the top of their list. Floods, fires,
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In 1944, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the US Women's Army Corps was formed. It would be the only all-Black, all-women battalion to serve overseas during WW2. Its
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1/6Just before I saw this article I was re-reading (for the second time) Glyn Davies's 1994 history of money and came across this passage:"There are few things more impressive than
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Herder-Farmer conflicts has been a reoccurring decimal in history. It would be easy to flip back the pages of history books for possible solutions. Particularly in Nigeria it has been
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Not seeing enough on my TL about the centennial of the Negro Leagues. So, starting a thread with a picture of 1919 Chicago American Giants and the team’s owner/manager Rube
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I can recall when I first heard the words ‘second Holocaust’ in relation to Corbyn’s Labour party. It was a BBC report (of course), a vox pop. I initially (naively)
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