Joe White

Building a digital brain 🧠 📲 + platform for factual content @polybookapp

[🌱 The Curiosity of!? Podcast 🇬🇬 @curiosityofpod]

I love Twitter for history titbits but I always miss/lose stuff and the signal to noise ratio is really high. This is where @PolybookApp is so cool, you can collect facts and view them by date and location giving context and meaning. Get diving deep into history. Love it more!

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--The Flying Tiger Squadron--

#OTD in 1942 the American volunteer group of pilots who fought the Japanese on behalf of China in WW2 we’re disbanded.

https://t.co/lfX1yJUQqd

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--Battle of Gettysburg--

#OTD in 1863 the Battle of Gettysburg began. This was a turning point in the war for the Union army.

https://t.co/dWZOjYKu0n

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--Invasion of Channel Islands--

@OTD in 1940 Germany attacked the Channel Islands. They held part of the islands for five years until the end of WWII.

https://t.co/5yiNrh3N65

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--International Space Station--

Five nations collaborated to bring us the first habitable space station. 🛰️

https://t.co/5mEgkK8Gdw

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--Antoni Gaudi--

#OTD in 1852 Antoni Gaudi was born. The architect at the forefront of the Art Nouveau movement in Spain, his most famous work is the church of the Sagrada Família.

https://t.co/39eZsEuUFy

[The Loremen Podcast @LoremenPod]

Sneaky peeky for tonight's livestream at 830 BST
Ties in very well with #FolkloreThursday
https://t.co/bznFUiiOar
https://t.co/w4FDKB8E3Y

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--The Highland Clearances--

This attempt to wipe out Scottish Highland culture was all about revenge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

@MinistryHistory has all the details on this retaliatory campaign.

https://t.co/p9zONUGAyn

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--Michael Meiring--

This alleged treasure hunter lived under an assumed name after an explosion in his hotel room.

https://t.co/HnvOJqRro1

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--Benito Mussolini--

#OTD in 1944 the 5th Army enters and liberates #Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies. Mussolini had already been deposed in 1943.

https://t.co/Pz6jzYF62N

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--Kowloon Walled City--

This disputed part of Hong Kong was an ongoing fight between Britain and China, until it was demolished in 1994.

https://t.co/3ybclyb2LO

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--Stanford Prison Experiment--

The infamous experiment supposedly "proves" the evil in authority. @SYSKPodcast goes into how the experiment worked and how it didn't.

https://t.co/L6mMmLNmyu

[The Ministry of History @MinistryHistory]

Another fact to collect on @PolybookApp!!

[Prathyush @prathyvsh]

@guillefix @lorenschmidt God as glitch in the system is an idea explored in this short film by @Joes2ndBrain: https://t.co/zgT5tBmxgB

[Polybook @PolybookApp]

--Hypatia--

One of the earliest martyrs for philosophy, Hypatia was a remarkable woman.

@deadladiesshow tells us more.

https://t.co/6uDZETilyH

[LibraryOfLearning @LibraryOfLearn]

--Nicolas Bourbaki--

The pen name/fake persona for a group of French mathematicians that revived and invigorated mathematics after WWI. Described as a ‘group of madmen’ due to their unruly conferences.

@polybookapp

https://t.co/ACOiLHjdtI

[The Loremen Podcast @LoremenPod]

Have a scroll to see a whole bunch of our tales on an interactive map!
Going to be adding a slew more in the next few days too https://t.co/ouCZWD4Fnq

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--Battle of Castle Itter--

@HistoryBoiz go in on one of the strangest battles which took place right at the end of WWII.

https://t.co/KaGNRCybAF

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--The Harpe Brothers--

Scottish thrill killers in the American frontier, were they America's first serial killers?

@MinistryHistory had all the gory details.

https://t.co/hoRir645k6

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--The Burke & Hare Murders--

Greed and the 19th century's fascination with death lead to these gruesome murders

https://t.co/xbYXDzE68e