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TIL Meta, aka Facebook, has a history of hyping “revolutionary” projects as convenient distractions from its problems, including being criticized for lack of social responsibility

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 8:27 pm

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The fully scanned contents of an 1861 illustrated Japanese book on the American revolutionary war

by HistoryBuff August 15, 2022, 10:03 am

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TIL of the Noble Train of Artillery. During the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox managed to transport 60 tons of artillery 300 miles in three months during the dead of winter. “This stupendous feat of logistics” was widely credited as a catalyst which broke the British siege of Boston.

by whatilearned July 22, 2022, 5:12 pm

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TIL During the American Revolutionary War the French had to defend their trading posts from the British since French allied themselves with the American colonists revolting against the British Empire, forcing Indians to fight amongst each other in India in a civil war over the trading posts.

by whatilearned July 20, 2022, 4:12 pm

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TIL after a disastrous flaw and costly repairs to the Hubble telescope dented public trust, Bob Williams was called crazy to bet his job and 10 precious days for observing “nothing” near the Big Dipper. The result was revolutionary beyond imagination, the first Hubble Deep Field photo

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 4:41 pm

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TIL Prior to Uncle Sam, the British character Brother Jonathon symbolized the independent American people after the Revolutionary War. However, Brother Jonathon faded into the figure of Uncle Sam whose likeness to Lincoln and being made in America likely contributed to his longevity.

by whatilearned July 7, 2022, 10:36 pm

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TIL that the first Submarine was used in the Revolutionary War and was called “The Turtle”.

by whatilearned July 5, 2022, 7:36 pm

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TIL there’s a village in the Spanish region of Málaga (Andalusia) that celebrates 4th of July. Macharaviaya was the birthplace of Bernardo de Gálvez, one of the Founding Fathers of the US, who supported the colonists and their French allies in the American Revolutionary War.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 9:32 am

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TIL America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 6:31 am

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TIL that American nuclear physicist Edward Condon was targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for being at the forefront of the “revolutionary movement” of quantum mechanics. Condon responded that he believed in scientific advancements and didn’t ask if they were made by Communists.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 3:40 am

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During the Spanish Civil War, did Soviet Russia suppress revolutionary Communism in Spain and France to support it’s international alliances and global strategic position?

by HistoryBuff June 22, 2022, 1:13 pm

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For 12 years during the French Revolutionary Period, France had a whole new calendar. The French Republican Calendar had 10-hour days, with 100 minutes to an hour, and 100 seconds to a minute.

by HistoryBuff June 16, 2022, 4:21 am

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