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The idea of ‘precolonial Africa’ is vacuous and wrong | When ‘precolonial’ is used for describing African ideas, processes, institutions and practices, through time, it misrepresents them.

by HistoryBuff January 13, 2023, 11:08 pm

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30,000 Medieval items available online for the first time — Seven European institutions created a database of 34,000 new images of medieval items, including manuscripts, books, and coins.

by HistoryBuff November 30, 2022, 2:31 am

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Should religious institutions be taxed? Why or why not?

by QuestionGuy November 16, 2022, 9:44 pm

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TIL that, concerning deregulation, the Washington Consensus’ original 10 points only called to abolish rules that impede market entry or restrict competition; rules based on safety, environmental and consumer protection grounds, and oversight of financial institutions were explicitly excepted

by whatilearned October 21, 2022, 11:40 am

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TIL the Mongols were not tribal people but had their own feudal-like institutions.

by whatilearned October 9, 2022, 3:40 pm

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TIL cow eyeballs are actually more expensive than the more commonly eaten cow parts, due to demand from scientific institutions for experiments.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 3:10 am

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TIL that the list of big banks in 1988 is dominated by Japanese institutions, which captured the first 10 spots and 17 of the top 25.

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 2:54 pm

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Today I learned that while many schools have been found out of compliance of title ix, federal funding has NEVER been pulled from violating institutions, effectively removing all the teeth from the law.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 5:11 am

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[Serious] Parents (in the United States): why aren’t you going balls to the wall, organizing together, and demanding massive wide-scale changes to ensure safety in educational institutions?

by QuestionGuy May 25, 2022, 11:32 pm

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Rome: Decline and Fall? Part II: Institutions

by HistoryBuff January 29, 2022, 3:37 pm

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TIL of Evil Corp, a hacker group that has waged a sustained assault on corporate entities, banks, and financial institutions around the world, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. They still loom large and have ties to Russian intelligence agencies.

by whatilearned November 8, 2021, 12:50 pm

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TIL in preparation for their proposed invasion of Britain, the Nazis produced a handbook identifying dangerous anti-Nazi institutions in Britain, including Masonic lodges, the Church of England, and the Boy Scouts

by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 5:26 pm

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