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Airport chapels provide quiet worship and spiritual support to travelers and airport workers, preserving historic Catholic spaces while accommodating multiple faiths.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Airport chapels provide quiet worship and spiritual support to travelers and airport workers, preserving historic Catholic spaces while accommodating multiple faiths.
Black Friday sale offers 25% off online medieval history courses with coupon code BLACKFRIDAY; multiple new and returning courses available for early 2026.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Black Friday sale offers 25% off online medieval history courses with coupon code BLACKFRIDAY; multiple new and returning courses available for early 2026.
During the Great Depression, the bread-and-butter sandwich provided inexpensive sustenance, sometimes sweetened with sugar and often made with margarine when butter was unaffordable.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
During the Great Depression, the bread-and-butter sandwich provided inexpensive sustenance, sometimes sweetened with sugar and often made with margarine when butter was unaffordable.
The 1915-16 Gallipoli Campaign aimed to open the Dardanelles to supply Russia but failed, causing heavy Allied casualties and a forced withdrawal.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The 1915-16 Gallipoli Campaign aimed to open the Dardanelles to supply Russia but failed, causing heavy Allied casualties and a forced withdrawal.
Nov. 25 marks notable historical events, significant political and military milestones, high-profile deaths, and several celebrity birthdays.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Nov. 25 marks notable historical events, significant political and military milestones, high-profile deaths, and several celebrity birthdays.
Richly furnished early 2nd-century High Roman Empire pyre burial (bustum) with coins, gold sheets, and jewellery found at Lamonzie-Saint-Martin ford.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Richly furnished early 2nd-century High Roman Empire pyre burial (bustum) with coins, gold sheets, and jewellery found at Lamonzie-Saint-Martin ford.
The Stones of Stenness are ancient, towering, lichen-encrusted megaliths on Orkney that retain an enigmatic presence and striking weathered detail.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Stones of Stenness are ancient, towering, lichen-encrusted megaliths on Orkney that retain an enigmatic presence and striking weathered detail.
The First Battle of the Somme was a 1916 WWI Allied offensive with over one million casualties and minimal territorial gains in an attritional stalemate.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The First Battle of the Somme was a 1916 WWI Allied offensive with over one million casualties and minimal territorial gains in an attritional stalemate.
Nov. 24 marks multiple significant historical events including D.B. Cooper's hijacking, Darwin's publication, Black Codes enactment, notable deaths, disasters, and violent attacks.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Nov. 24 marks multiple significant historical events including D.B. Cooper's hijacking, Darwin's publication, Black Codes enactment, notable deaths, disasters, and violent attacks.
A Twickenham passage is named for a man whose will forbade his heirs growing moustaches, linked to the estate's sale for the railway.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A Twickenham passage is named for a man whose will forbade his heirs growing moustaches, linked to the estate's sale for the railway.
A late 13th-century brass seal of Rudolf Kraft, cantor of Basel Cathedral, was found during Rhine riverbank repairs in Basel, revealing medieval ecclesiastical artifacts.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A late 13th-century brass seal of Rudolf Kraft, cantor of Basel Cathedral, was found during Rhine riverbank repairs in Basel, revealing medieval ecclesiastical artifacts.
The death penalty in medieval Europe was rare and exceptional, with fines, banishment, and royal pardons more commonly used than execution.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The death penalty in medieval Europe was rare and exceptional, with fines, banishment, and royal pardons more commonly used than execution.
Sheriff Buford Pusser's wife Pauline was fatally ambushed during a pre-dawn police call in 1967, while Buford survived with a jaw wound.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sheriff Buford Pusser's wife Pauline was fatally ambushed during a pre-dawn police call in 1967, while Buford survived with a jaw wound.
Chateau and gardens of Villandry were restored to Renaissance elegance in the early 1900s by Joachim Carvallo and Ann Coleman after periods of neglect.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Chateau and gardens of Villandry were restored to Renaissance elegance in the early 1900s by Joachim Carvallo and Ann Coleman after periods of neglect.
A virtually intact 3rd-century mosaic floor depicting Gaia and complex geometric patterns was uncovered in Iznik after legal delays and full excavation in 2024.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A virtually intact 3rd-century mosaic floor depicting Gaia and complex geometric patterns was uncovered in Iznik after legal delays and full excavation in 2024.
International criminal justice born at Nuremberg remains immature and has failed to prevent recent atrocities worldwide, revealing serious cracks in its effectiveness.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
International criminal justice born at Nuremberg remains immature and has failed to prevent recent atrocities worldwide, revealing serious cracks in its effectiveness.
Eleven-year-old Isabelle is abducted and married to King John, enduring a cold, warring England while secretly yearning for her true love Hugh.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Eleven-year-old Isabelle is abducted and married to King John, enduring a cold, warring England while secretly yearning for her true love Hugh.
Roman polity endured across two millennia through institutional adaptability, balancing continuity and transformation between Rome and Constantinople.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Roman polity endured across two millennia through institutional adaptability, balancing continuity and transformation between Rome and Constantinople.
A sealed 4th-century Roman sarcophagus in Budapest contained a wealthy woman’s remains and rich grave goods, preserved by iron-bracket and lead sealing and undisturbed until modern excavation.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A sealed 4th-century Roman sarcophagus in Budapest contained a wealthy woman’s remains and rich grave goods, preserved by iron-bracket and lead sealing and undisturbed until modern excavation.
Lee Harvey Oswald; ampersand origin; Silbury Hill; koala fingerprints; Katy Perry spaceflight; Stolichnaya vodka; 1990s Irish divorce; Hungary swimming success.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Lee Harvey Oswald; ampersand origin; Silbury Hill; koala fingerprints; Katy Perry spaceflight; Stolichnaya vodka; 1990s Irish divorce; Hungary swimming success.
Hookah smoking is a centuries-old, transcontinental social ritual originating in Mughal India that spread across Iran, Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, and the West.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Hookah smoking is a centuries-old, transcontinental social ritual originating in Mughal India that spread across Iran, Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, and the West.
A 140-hectare Bronze Age city, Semiyarka, thrived 3,500 years ago on the Kazakh Steppe with houses, workshops, and a major bronze metalworking industry.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A 140-hectare Bronze Age city, Semiyarka, thrived 3,500 years ago on the Kazakh Steppe with houses, workshops, and a major bronze metalworking industry.
The invention of :-) and :-( originated at Carnegie Mellon in 1982 to mark jokes and prevent misunderstandings in text-only online communication.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The invention of :-) and :-( originated at Carnegie Mellon in 1982 to mark jokes and prevent misunderstandings in text-only online communication.
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an American trapped in wartime Japan, broadcast as Orphan Ann on Radio Tokyo while facing accusations of betraying the United States.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an American trapped in wartime Japan, broadcast as Orphan Ann on Radio Tokyo while facing accusations of betraying the United States.
A discovered Rembrandt etching among a father's stored artworks prompted valuation and uncertainty about its authenticity and whether to keep or sell it.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A discovered Rembrandt etching among a father's stored artworks prompted valuation and uncertainty about its authenticity and whether to keep or sell it.