History

2021-05-28 00:12:57 You can get an idea here;

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/human-tissue-preserved-world-war-i-yields-new-clues-about-1918-pandemic Open / Comment

2021-05-28 00:12:46 Lungs preserved from victims of the 1918-20 flu pandemic. An interesting new study has just looked into the DNA of the virus in them, and it is revealing new information about the different mutations that emerged. The article is in preprint, but expect to hear more about this once it is fully published. Open / Comment

2021-05-27 00:54:57 His attempt at a reconstruction was valiant.
Today we know the bones as not those of a unicorn, but various parts of a mammoth, a woolly rhinoceros and various other prehistoric animals. Open / Comment

2021-05-27 00:54:56 In 1678, German scientist Otto von Guericke was made aware of the discovery of strange bones in a local cave. He interpreted them as those of a unicorn. Open / Comment

2021-05-27 00:54:06 What we are coming to: Judge's combination apartment-house of the future (Grant E. Hamilton, 1895).
Satirical Judge Magazine published this at a time of concern about overcrowding in cities.
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2021-05-26 00:48:07 Another Taiwan aboriginal; a Rukai chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University, when the island was under control of Japan. (Torii Ryūzō, 1900). Source Open / Comment

2021-05-26 00:44:56 An aboriginal woman from Bak-sa, Formosa (Taiwan) (John Thomson, 1871). Based on her location, she is probably from the Kulun group. The Taiwanese aboriginals suffered from years of European, Chinese, and Japanese rule and colonisation. Source Open / Comment

2021-05-25 00:39:10

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2021-05-25 00:39:02 He can also be credited with introducing The Beatles to cannabis. Open / Comment

2021-05-25 00:38:42 24 May 1940: Robert A. Zimmerman - Bob Dylan - was born. He became known as one of the greatest songwriters of the modern era, with roots in blues, folk, and gospel music. During the 1960s he was a figure of the post-war counterculture, civil rights, and pacifist movements, and known for his love affairs with several women prominent in those circles, including Joan Baez.
His 'Like a Rolling Stone' is itself, by numerous metrics, the most acclaimed song ever released. 'The Times They Are a-Changin'' is emblematic of the 1960s zeitgeist, set against the backdrop of unrest pushing for the end of segregation in the American south. Open / Comment