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Aether: The 1729 Debate Over What Fills the Heavens

Editorial Note The entry below ran as two installments of...

The Coherence Theory

Before the Machine - Order before technology Before there were...

Star Forts of the World Soul

Star forts stand throughout the world, and remain some...

A Promise to Pay: The Illusion of Money

If you have ever held a British banknote and...

Vintage Postcards: Franco-British Exhibition 1908

The Franco-British Exposition went from May to October 1908, and was the first of five major international exhibitions to be held in West London at the White City complex, which later gave its name to the area.

The Great Resets: How Civilizations Are Unmade

Civilizations do not simply fall. The ones that fall leave traces: ruins assigned to them, collapse narratives written by whoever came next, a record...

When Was the Lincoln Memorial Actually Built?

So here we have two photos of the Lincoln Memorial, the one with grass and landscape is dated 1917, and the one as a barren gutted scape is dated 1920. 

The Seventh

The seventh son or seventh daughter is the belief in Irish folklore that special powers are given to the seventh born from an unbroken...

The Mongol Empire Was a Myth Invented In 1908

The Mongol Empire was a myth invented in 1908 by a Mongol Nationalist named Baavuday Tsend Gun. The book The Secret History of the Mongols...

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Airship NORGE: The First to Conquer the North Pole

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