HistoryJunky

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The number of persons killed in the Spanish Civil War can be only roughly estimated. Nationalist forces put the figure at 1,000,000, including not only those killed in battle but also the victims of bombardment, execution, and assassination. More recent
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The new dinosaur, named Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, was found in the lower Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of the Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan, and therefore lived about 90 million years ago. https://t.co/pagv92XOCg

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The historic St. John's Anglican Church of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia caught fire in a suspected arson on halloween night, 2001. https://t.co/sBlvz3U24b

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Most of the camels in Greece were found in Thrace, and their numbers increased after the 1923 population exchange between Turkey and Greece. In the Rhodope mountains in particular, camels were very common in agricultural communities.https://t.co/8kqRooVnCs

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#DYK Danish artist Lili Elbe (1882–1931), in one of the medical field's first attempts to treat the needs of transgender patients. Hoping to have children with her fiance, she underwent a uterine transplant in 1931, in conjunction with vaginoplasty, in Germany at age of 48.

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Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed by a Waffen-SS battalion during World War II and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved.
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Beli Potok is the birthplace of Vasa Čarapić (1770–1806), one of the main army leaders from the First Serbian Uprising, and the main street in the town bears his name. In the field west of Beli Potok is the institute for the development of water resources Jaroslav . 📷 #Pinterest

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Viking Sword
It isn't known if this a religious cross or Viking sword, seen in Kings Cave.
© Copyright Ashley Dace

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Researchers have extracted Ancient DNA from human bones to re-write early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a tripartite genetic origin -- a finding that refines previously accepted views of a dual genomic ancestry.
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While Genghis Khan and Mongol invasion is often blamed for the fall of Central Asia's medieval river civilizations, new research shows it may have been down to climate change.
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The term wunderkind (from German Wunderkind; literally "wonder child") is sometimes used as a synonym for child prodigy, particularly in media accounts. Wunderkind also is used to recognize those who achieve success and acclaim early in their adult careers.
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The Date Clan’s Palanquin with Arabesque Design in Maki-e Lacquer. (For Princess Mune) 18th century, Edo period. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. 18th century, Edo period. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.

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The Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, is a possible source of inspiration for Gamera.found in a Goguryeo Tomb at the National Museum of Korea. ddol-mang (a flickr user)

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Coin «Games of the 22nd #Olympiad in Moscow. Emblem», 150 rubles, 1977, Pt999, reverse, uncirculated. photo credit [State Bank of the USSR]

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Robert Liston is the only surgeon in history to have performed an operation with a 300% mortality rate, losing his patient to infection, accidentally amputating his assistant's fingers, who also died of infection, and slashing a spectator who died from shock. Photo via #Pinterest

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Approximately 300 million years ago, when trees died, they didn’t rot. It took 60 million years for bacteria to evolve to be able to decompose wood. Those piles of non-decomposed heavy wood would eventually compress those trees into peat and then, over time, into coal.

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"A Single-Year Cosmic Ray Event at 5410 BCE Registered in 14C of Tree Rings"
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The history of: Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings.
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15 bits of fact, history and legend you might not have known about Presque Isle State Park.
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