##HistoryNerd
🗡️ Fun sword fact: The word “sword” comes from Old English sweord — but the earliest swords weren’t steel! Around 1600 BCE they were bronze, short, ornate, and bent mid-battle. ⚔️

📸 Image: Rama, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR)

#SwordLore #HistoryNerd #BronzeAge #FunFact
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For the past few weeks I’ve been writing a small book about the 8 wives of Ivan the Terrible and now I’m almost done! I think I need to find an editor now. #writer #author #Indieauthor #history #historynerd #editor #bookeditor
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October 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We’re excited to read Bloody Crowns by @michaellivingston.com. ⚔️ #Livingstans #HistoryNerd #Booksky
October 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Looking forward to sharing my recent Janet Arnold grant research project & preliminary results! Hope to see you there. More information at: www.sal.org.uk/event/the-ma... #historynerd #dresshistory #materialculture #historicalresearch @sarahabendall.bsky.social @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social
December 13, 2023 at 5:12 PM
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TIL Yuri Gagarin technically broke the rules by ejecting from his capsule—FAI changed the rules to make it count. By the original rules, Alan Shepard was the first to complete a legit spaceflight 23 days later. #SpaceRace #FunFacts #HistoryNerd
March 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
February 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One TV show 📺
#bluesky #books #TV #music #Ghost #Historynerd #Bluey #horror #MichaelMyers
November 8, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Sometimes I wonder what Ronald Reagan’s tweets would be like. #historynerd
November 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
A whole episode devoted to a building you can drive under? Why yes!

Chicago's Old Main Post Office. Episode 320 of the podcast.

#Chicago #History #ChicagoHistory #ChicagoArchitecture #OldMainPostOffice #HistoryMatters #HistoryNerd
November 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
🔥 HOT TAKE ALERT 🔥
I just finished ranking all 47 U.S. Presidents — and let’s just say some of your favorites didn’t make #1.
From iconic leadership to absolute disasters, here’s how I see it 🇺🇸
Agree? Disagree? Come at me in the comments.
#PresidentialRankings #HistoryNerd #UnpopularOpinions
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March 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
October 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM
#ScholarlySaturday: today we take a look at scurvy. It's not just a fun piratey adjective!

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#HistoryNerd #PirateLife #MedicalHistory
March 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In 1932, work began on a new post office, one that would be the largest mail-distribution point in the world.

Episode 320 of the podcast looks at the Old Main Post Office.

Image: St Clair Chronicle (St Clair, MO) 9/22/1932

#Chicago #ChicagoHistory #OldPostOffice #HistoryNerd
November 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Elephants running down Clark Street? Rock star gorillas? Escaped sea lions?

Episode 507 - Lincoln Park Zoo
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#Chicago #ChicagoHistory #LincolnParkZoo #HistoryNerd
November 18, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Teaching your students about viscosity? Don't forget to connect it to the Great Molasses Flood of 1919! Wild history about how Molasses nearly wiped out the north end.
#scienceiscool #science #iteachscience #historynerd #iteachchemistry #iteachphysicalscience #teach
100 years ago today: Molasses crashes through Boston's North End
At midday on January 15, 1919,  Boston's North End was full of workers and residents venturing outdoors to enjoy unseasonably warm weather. At about 1 p.m., they heard a low rumble. At first, many ass...
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February 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
47 years ago
X-Ray Spex played at 'Front Row Festival', a three-week event at the Hope and Anchor, Islington, December 10, 1977

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #xrayspex #history #punkrockhistory #otd
December 11, 2024 at 2:12 PM