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|  Cleopatra commits suicide by The Ovi Team
12 August 2020
August 12, 30 BC. Rome, the greatest power in the Western world, was also beset by civil war at the time. Just as Cleopatra was preparing to attack her brother with a large Arab army, the Roman civil war spilled into Egypt. (Add a comment) |  The Great Train Robber escapes from jail by The Ovi Team
12 August 2020
August 12th 1964; a massive manhunt is underway across Britain after one of the so-called Great Train Robbers escaped from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham. (Add a comment) |  Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton discovered by The Ovi Team
12 August 2020
August 12th; on this day in 1990, fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson discovers three huge bones jutting out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. They turn out to be part of the largest-ever Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered... (Add a comment) |  Big Tech Antics: The Data Robber Barons Appear Before Congress by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
11 August 2020
Silicon Valley continues to sprawl in influence, and its modern robber barons bestride the globe with a confidence verging on contempt. The technology giants that mark that region of California are praised as... (Add a comment) |  Modernist Rush by Nikos Laios
11 August 2020
The early Sunday morning
Skies are sombre and grey,
And a strong wind blows over
The ocean and flecks (Add a comment) |  Judaism facts and fallacies by Joseph Gatt
11 August 2020
Some "fun" facts about Israel, Judaism and a lot of things connected to the Jewish world. Fallacy: all Hebrew speakers are religious Jews. The Hebrew language is spoken by Orthodox Jews. (Add a comment) |  Fake Ventilator by Patrick McWade
11 August 2020
'For the Moment' a cartoon series by Patrick McWade (Add a comment) |  Hip Hop birth by The Ovi Team
11 August 2020
August 11th 1973. Like any style of music, hip hop has roots in other forms, and its evolution was shaped by many different artists, but there's a case to be made that it came to life precisely on this day in 1973... (Add a comment) |  Germans begin to evacuate Sicily by The Ovi Team
11 August 2020
August 11th 1943, German forces begin a six-day evacuation of the Italian island of Sicily, having been beaten back by the Allies, who invaded the island in July. The Germans had maintained a presence in Sicily since... (Add a comment) |  Hypothesis: there WAS life on Mars by Joseph Gatt
10 August 2020
Mars and Martians in popular culture. Reptile-like humanoids, bipeds with reptile skin. Some have oversized heads (Mars Attacks) while others have triangle-shaped heads and a bent back (E.T.). OK we're not sure E.T. was from Mars but still. (Add a comment) | | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 older |
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