#History

MatondoMasterclass

CymruOlly

A thread on potatoes, the history of the potato and their versatility The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, and the plant itself, a perennial in the family Solanaceae. ( Not nabbed

Devi Prasad Rao 🇮🇳

DPRArohana

Joke aheadWhy Indian Students are Disliked Abroad!It was 1st day of school in USAA new Indian student, Chandra Subramanian entered the 4th gradeThe teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some

Orin Kerr

OrinKerr

1/ Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah. In honor of this day, I'd like to tell you about the photograph below. It was taken in 1938,

Tommy Thomson

Tommy_Tom2020

"Urban geographer whose research interests include housing policy, urban renewal, displacement, and social mix. Vancouver social historian and ethnographer."People read this self-description & assume I am left wing. I think

Patrick Skinner

SkinnerPm

Sometimes images are vapid sentiment aimed for clicks. This is not one of them. We have our first woman vice-president (elect) and it matters. Just acknowledge that it matters. In

Dan Rose

DanRose999

Jeff Bezos famously doesn’t talk about competitors, but when I was at Amzn in the early 2000’s there were 2 companies that started after Amzn yet had eclipsed us in

Nancy Kacungira

kacungira

How many of us were ever taught that the modern-day “cesarean section” surgical procedure was practiced in Africa as early as the 13th century, long before the arrival of European

Ian Wilson

MuseumWalkerIan

As a heads up, this will be tangentially political. The greatest thins I ever learned at school, other than hockey - I was really quite good at it - was

Dave Zirin

EdgeofSports

They took Kaepernick's protest against racist police violence and made it about the flag and the military. Now they're taking the largest protest movement in the history of this country,

Brad Meltzer

bradmeltzer

THREAD ON TURNING 50Today is my 50th birthday, and I’m feeling the tug of history...I remember 13, when my grandfather died.I remember 22, saving all my money for an engagement

Car

cara_hortonxx

Long shot asking on Twitter. But does anyone know the best way to find out family history and death records etc? Without spending hundreds of pounds. My Dad died in

☦️God Level Philosophy 6'0 190 IQ

GodLPhilosophy

Those who say Philosophy is nothing but speculation or semantics or is useless, are usually are the same ones who make the most Philosophical claims; most of them being unjustified

The El System

the_el_system

If #pluralgang were actually trying to teach people how to fake plurality:First, go ahead and magically come up with at least 3-7 individuals who share your body. They must each

This is fascism and I reject it.🆘

benFranklin2018

In the past month the bad guys crushed voting rights and oversaw the largest transfer of wealth in our country's history. This follows several years of consolidating power while the

Salty Black Broad Patriot

SaltyBlackBroad

"Before the World, this Monument will never be desecrated, these heroes will never be defaced. Their legacy, will never ever be destroyed, their achievements will never be forgotten, and Mt.

witch marney 💫

marnylandersen

from the state of my mentions apparently this needs to be said again: the First Nations groups of Chicago are *not* okay with the blackhawks’ use of native imagery. please