Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol pull down statue of 17th century slave trader independent.co.uk/news/ukโฆ
About 10 minutes ago, BLM protestors in Bristol, England tore down a statue of Edward Colston, a very prolific 17th century slave trader v.redd.it/1gxkjpbrxh351
Demonstrators in Bristol, England pull down a statue of Edward Colston, a 17th century slave trader, & throw it in the river
TIL a poor 19th century Chinese man failed the civil service exam, fell ill, reread a Christian pamphlet he had earlier ignored, & hallucinated that he was Jesus' brother. He led a cult/rebellion that conquered much of southern China, crowning himself as king. This civil war killed over 10 million. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiโฆ
Ardern becomes New Zealand's most popular PM in a century: poll reuters.com/article/us-neโฆ
Scientists discovered traces of marijuana atop an 8th century BCE altar in a shrine within the Tel Arad fortress, thought to have been a southern stronghold in the Kingdom of Judah. The scientists believe marijuana may have been used in religious practices at the time. inverse.com/science/scienโฆ
Black Lives Matter protesters pull down statue of 17th century UK slave trader independent.co.uk/news/ukโฆ
By dropping Michael Flynnโs case, Barr has stripped centuries of credibility from the department of justice independent.co.uk/voices/โฆ
Reading chair from the 18th century
This power line happened to be laid straight through the skull of an Anglo Saxon woman buried in a previously undiscovered 6th century graveyard.
KSI VS BEARUS: THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY v.redd.it/t3h9rrf3p0451
Germany in the past century
Jack Grey in Twitter: Edward Colston statue pulled down by BLM protesters in Bristol. Colston was a 17th century slave trader who has numerous landmarks named after him in Bristol. #BlackLivesMattters #blmbristol #ukprotests twitter.com/_jackgrey/staโฆ
Oldest surviving diving suit, 18th century. I guess that even the sharks got scared
Hindus since the last 10 centuries.
NDP MPs Question Why Feds Are Working With Amazon: โThis is one of the shittiest companies on the planet,โ said Charlie Angus, who represents Timmins-James Bay. โYou canโt find a better example of the abusive practices of labour in the 21st century than Amazon." huffingtonpost.ca/entry/aโฆ
TIL scientists discovered a cypress tree in North Carolina that is at least 2,624 years old, which means the tree was alive for centuries before the advent of Christianity, the Roman Empire, and the English language. charlotteobserver.com/newโฆ
In GTA time, this building has been under construction for 3 centuries.
German 16th century ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere
This power line happened to be laid straight through the skull of an Anglo Saxon woman buried in a previously undiscovered 6th century graveyard.
They didn't suddenly start existing this century. People have found them since forever
About 20 minutes ago, BLM protestors in Bristol, England tore down a statue of Edward Colston, a very prolific 17th century slave trader v.redd.it/ja8smzk70i351
Henry Brooks was born a slave in the mid 19th century. Taken 1941
TIL Southerners werenโt 'lazy' - just infected with Hookworm, a parasite that caused exhaustion & mental fog. It ravaged the South during the early 20th century, as a result of poor sanitation & a lack of public health programs. The "lazy Southerner" trope dates back to the Postbellum period. pbs.org/wgbh/nova/articleโฆ
PsBattle: "The Old Gentleman", diving suit from the early 18th century
Climate change in deep oceans could be seven times faster by middle of century, report says theguardian.com/environmeโฆ
These stunning mosaics have just been unearthed under a vineyard in Italy, in the province of Verona, near the town of Negrar. They have been dated from 3rd to 4th Century [720x960]
19th century Ottoman map of the Americas
A large canine has been captured by an automatic camera in Normandy, northern France. Authorities believe the animal is a European gray wolf. If their suspicions are correct, it would be the first wolf seen in this region of France for more than a century. newsweek.com/wolf-northerโฆ
4TH CENTURY DIOCLETIAN PALACE IN SPLIT, CROATIA reddit.com/rpan/r/whereinโฆ
ITAP of myself as an 18th century portrait [MLM]
Shout out to the best game of the 21st century (not my meme)
TIL: in the 17th century, a man named Lazarus Colloredo was convicted of murder. Lazuras had a parasitic conjoined twin, and successfully argued his death would kill his twin, an innocent man. He was pardoned wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazaruโฆ
BLM protesters in Bristol, England, pull down a statue of a 17th century slave trader v.redd.it/t147owty1i351
For Princess Leia's haircut in the first Star Wars Trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983), director George Lucas got inspired by Mexico's female revolutionaries, or "soldaderas", who joined the uprising at the start of the 20th Century.
Whe where the richest country in the 17th century you know
19th century mouse trap (by Shawn Woods on YouTube) gfycat.com/immaculatedangโฆ
TIL the 'Cowboy Load' - in the Wild West, it was most common for 6-shot revolvers to only be loaded with 5 rounds. A live bullet in the chamber below the hammer of a 19th century single-action revolver can be set off with a sharp knock, hence it was not desirable to carry one fully loaded en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colโฆ
Extremely rare and well-preserved remains of the armor of Roman legionaries - lorica segmentata with the reconstructed fragment. The object dates to the 1st - 2nd century CE. the facility is located in a museum in Corbridge Roman Town. [510x606]
TIL the reason "Many great scientists believed in god!" was because prior to the late 1800s, you had to openly profess belief in god or risk imprisonment and death for being an atheist. It was only during the second half of the 19th century that atheism became a respectable position
The next time a Christian says "But many great scientists believed in god!" just remind him that there were laws on the books against atheism. In continental Europe, atheism was punishable by death. The death penalty for atheism was only abolished in the United Kingdom in 1677. Virtually all institutions of higher learning prior to the late 1800s were religious. In the United Kingdom, you could not attend Cambridge and Oxford unless you subscribed to the 39 Articles of the Church of England, a practice that was only abolished in 1871. Clearly, these men weren't Christians because of choice, but because there was no other altern
... keep reading on reddit โกUnexplained Phenomena Keep Suggesting the Universe Isnโt What We Thought - Two unrelated studies recently raised the same possibility: the laws of physics might not apply everywhere, which, if true, would upend an idea underpinning centuries of science. vice.com/en_us/article/3aโฆ
A BLM protest in Bristol, U.K., has pulled down a statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave trader, dragged it through the streets and thrown it in the river. v.redd.it/dus94tcipi351
Roman lead pipes in Bath, England. Some of them are still in use. Dated to 1st - 2nd century CE. [600x900]
Black Lives Matter protesters pull down statue of 17th century UK slave trader independent.co.uk/news/ukโฆ
Hey I lent you a million bucks a century ago, pay it back
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel says the toppling of a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol is 'utterly disgraceful' and 'completely unacceptable' bristolpost.co.uk/news/brโฆ
The toppling of a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol has fuelled calls for other controversial monuments to be pulled down. independent.co.uk/news/ukโฆ
The "23rd Century Dictator" Starter Pack
A protester in Bristol kneeling on the neck of a toppled statue of a 17th Century slave trader
TIL in the US in the late 19th Century it was briefly fashionable for people to form "13 Clubs" where they would dine in groups of 13, walk under ladders, spill salt at the table, etc. to demonstrate their lack of superstition. Several future US Presidents participated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triโฆ
Regalia of a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 18th century CE, now on display at the Kunsthistorisches museum in Vienna [1227x1415]
TIL that due to its isolated location, the Icelandic language has changed very little from its original roots. Modern Icelandics can still read texts written in the 10th Century with relative ease. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceโฆ
About 14,650 years ago, sea level jumped 12 meters in just a few centuries. The melting of the Eurasian Ice Sheet, which has largely been overlooked, might explain why arstechnica.com/science/2โฆ
Henry Brooks was born a slave in the mid 19th century. Taken 1941 [Colorized]
Stronger action on climate change would benefit the economy. If nations fail to rein in greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently, as agreed upon in the international Paris Agreement, the global economy stands to lose at least $150 trillion to as much as $792 trillion by the end of the century. cbsnews.com/news/climate-โฆ
Modest Mouseโs โThe Moon & Antarcticaโ Shaped 21st Century Indie Rock uproxx.com/indie/modest-mโฆ
Roman medallion made of gold and glass on which you can see the Roman family. Object dated to the 3rd century CE. [700x721]
Made a 17th Century Dutch Fluyt ship.
Seven Roman blue glass bottles used to measure volume. Each subsequent bottle has twice the volume of the previous one. Objects dated to the first century CE, found in Pompeii. [549x264]
A 16th century ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere.
16th century ship anchor.
I got a Blathers amiibo yesterday so I created the wedding of the century
Roman mask worn by a horseman. Discovered in Gotland, Sweden. Dated to the 2nd century CE. [548x767]
Pool shot of the century v.redd.it/uf3dk6dek0v41
Dog left paw prints on a 14th century Byzantine roof tile.
Oldest surviving diving suit, 18th century.
A frieze made of glazed brick tiles depicting persian warriors, from the palace of Darius l in Susa, Iran. Achaemenid Empire, 6th century BC, now on display at the Pergamon museum in Berlin [3031x4087]
Gerstruben - a settlement of Walser people from Eastern Switzerland in Germany. The houses are from the 15th century.
Three Centuries and Counting...
A frieze made of glazed brick tiles depicting a griffin, from the palace of Darius l in Susa, Iran. Achaemenid Empire, 6th century BC, now on display at the Louvre museum [768x540]
TIL When buttons were invented in the 13th century, wealthy women did not dress themselves โ their ladyโs maid did. As most people are right-handed, it was easier for maids to fasten with the buttons on the left. And that's why men's and women's buttons are on opposite sides. today.com/today/amp/tdna1โฆ
Is Quark the best dressed character in the 24th century? startrek.com/news/star-trโฆ
I make mid-century birdhouses and wanted to share a few.
An onyx hellenistic cameo depicting Athena and Poseidon competing for dominion over Attica. 1st century BC, now on display at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples [793x960]
My newest mid century modern birdhouse I made for a client!
16th century Catholicism? Anyone?
11th century flashbacks
TIL that the common cultivated strawberry does not occur in nature. It is a hybrid of the Virginia wild strawberry and the Chilean beach strawberry, invented in France in the 18th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strโฆ
Attempted a century in metrics. Please don't judge my bike, it's a stock bike (it's a Walmart bike)
Dream of every Christian boi before 18th century.
Studio Ghibli animated a scroll of Chลjลซ-giga dating from the 12th century. This is considered to be the first ancestor to mangas. gfycat.com/orneryripecaniโฆ
Abandoned 13th century chaฬteau located in France.
Abandoned Scola Tower off the coast of Liguria Italy. Built in the 16/17th century and destroyed in 1800.
Our mid-century living room with some iconic pieces
It's over 3 centuries and this woman is still kicking it.
TIL of the 1937 Fox vault fire, in which 40,000 films were destroyed. 75% of all 20th Century Fox films from before 1930 were lost. There are actors for whom not a single copy of a single one of their films survive. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/193โฆ
TIL the word Geek was originally an early 20th-century term for a carnival worker who was so unskilled that the only thing they could do at a carnival to attract a crowd was to bite off the heads of live animals such as chickens, snakes and rats and swallow them britannica.com/story/wherโฆ
Rome in 315 AD, if in the third century instead of experiencing a crisis, due to a string of good emperors they experience massive resurgence in power, conquer Persia, and just keep going east.
Matthias Ring, late 16th century, Southern Germany, gold, diamonds, enamel - [3063 x 1577]
Renovated mid century modern living room with clerestory windows and vintage furnitures, Amagansett, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York [2364ร1689]
Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol pull down and throw statue of 17th century slave trader into river independent.co.uk/news/ukโฆ
The Four Men Responsible For America's COVID-19 Test Disaster ; The White Houseโs inability to track the disease as it spread across the nation crippled the governmentโs response and led to the worst disaster this country has faced in nearly a century rollingstone.com/politicsโฆ
The Galgano Sword, This is the actual sword in stone. The sword has been verified as an authentic 12th century sword
Necklace of lapis lazuli beads, including one with an Assyrian inscription, from Tanis, 11th century BCE [1757 ร 2357]
Undertale is probably the best game of this century
A mountain of bison skulls, 1892. North America once contained 25-30 million bison. By the end of the 19th century, fewer than 100 existed in the wild.
TIL coffee was so important in Turkish culture that under 15th-century law, a woman had the freedom to divorce her husband if he did not provide her with enough coffee didyouknowdaily.com/storyโฆ
19th century be like:
