The Siege of Leningrad during WWII lasted almost 900 days. It became one of the longest and deadliest sieges in history, with over a million civilian deaths.
Adolf Hitler applied to art school and was rejected. Before politics, he wanted to be an artist in Vienna. After failing to gain admission twice, his life took a drastically different path - one that would change the course of history.
Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. During WWII she co-developed a frequency-hopping system meant to prevent radio jamming.
Out today is Friendship Survival Guide, an album of orchestral psychedelic drone compositions by Adam Wiltzie and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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Archaeologists took a closer look at the site of Iskandar Tepa in Uzbekistan and determined it was built by Greeks. Alexander the Great conquered Central Asia, and this was, they think, a military camp constructed by the rulers who succeeded him.
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When Assyrians wrote their letters on tablets, they sometimes put them in clay “envelopes”—which is unfortunate for archaeologists who’d rather not break artifacts. However, new scanning technology lets researchers read the tablets inside the envelopes.
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In 1975, Icelandic women made history by taking a day away from both their jobs and responsibilities at home. With almost nine out of ten women participating, the action showed just how essential women were to everyday life and the economy. It became an important step towards greater equality and influenced Iceland’s progress in becoming a leading country for gender equality.