#Peninsula

So, I've been doing a little #historyathome, and I thought I'd share a few discoveries I made, which I thought were cool.It involves #Hessians in the #revolutionarywar, #Saratoga, #Canadians, #Barbados
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450 metres above the wild Irish Sea, on the exposed peak of Yr Eifl, clinging to the northwestern edge of the Llŷn Peninsula stands the vast, ancient ruin of Tre'r
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0. On Independence day, I look briefly at how some of the current states came into being. Some of them I had not even heard before. This is now India
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Remembering #Nehru I remember Nehru for the blunders given in this #Thread Nehru never Made #India , He broke #India #Creating the Kashmir issue :Nehru single-handedly created the Kashmir issue
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How a proposed South African naval base almost led to war between Nigeria and Equitorial Guinea. Nigeria’s military might was at its peak in the 80s and 90s. In 1991
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According to the UN, the current infestations of locusts can be traced back to the cyclone season of 2018-19 that brought heavy rains to the Arabian Peninsula and allowed at
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A while back, I mentioned my heart dog in passing.I wasn't ready to share her with all of you back then... but I think I am ready now. Lady was
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Quick thread on the Doordash S-1 below @DoorDash founded in 2013 by a group of Stanford graduates among which is current CEO @t_xu and @khoslaventures partner @evancharles . Doordash was
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We've got a question and I've got some answers, so let's talk historical preservation / housing / and why Seattle's problem is a bit unique compared to other cities.https://twitter.com/LuxInvictus_/status/1298799073361686529
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Before the Severn Bridge opened in 1966, people used to drive from Wales to the south of England via car ferry!It was a straight choice between a treacherous mile-long river
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currently, most of the world's steel is produced with coal — a lot of it with australian metallurgical coal.(some steel is produced with biochar, some with gas.)to reduce emissions, several
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There's a festivity in Euskal Herria called ((("San Blas"))) (Saint Blas), whose objective is to rememorate the bishop and medic, to whom it has been attributed the miracle of healing
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At a time when Ghazni was raiding, looting and plundering North India, Rajendra Chola I in the the South was creating one of the largest and most powerful thalassocracies (sea
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The world may soon enter into a conventional world war. Artificial nation state against artificial nation state. That is perfect. Let them all eat each other alive. There’s also the
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Since we don't have a "CLUE" when our boys will be En "ROUTE" to us again, I present you, "#BTS As Scenic Routes" because there is no better view than
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Grab your and join me on this cloudy Saturday morning for a presentation of NIMBYism in the time of COVID-19: A Livable California Live-Thread! We've spent the first 10
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