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- The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Aurelius-Roman-emperor/The-Meditations 2 comments
- Bernstein v. the U.S. Department of State (2014) https://www.britannica.com/event/Bernstein-vs-the-US-Department-of-State 52 comments
- Encyclopedia Britannica Print Edition Discontinued After 244 Years http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2012/03/change/ 14 comments
- Was eBay a Fad? http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/06/was-ebay-a-fad/ 11 comments
- Josip, Count Jelačić | Austrian Empire, Ban of Croatia, Military Leader https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josip-Count-Jelacic 32 comments europe
- Trump Swearing to Support and Defend the Constitution, While Looking Justice Roberts in the Eye, Live on TV https://www.britannica.com/video/193738/Donald-Trump-president 419 comments law
- Can we get a pinned post with a running list of links to studies demonstrating humans contributions to climate change? https://www.britannica.com/science/Anthropocene-Epoch 6 comments climate
- Why were the CSS Alabama claims decided in the United States’ favour? https://www.britannica.com/event/Alabama-claims 4 comments law
- Conservative economic programs and fascism https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Conservative-economic-programs 5 comments economy
- For 12 years during the French Revolutionary Period, France had a whole new calendar. The French Republican Calendar had 10-hour days, with 100 minutes to an hour, and 100 seconds to a minute. https://www.britannica.com/science/French-republican-calendar 126 comments history
- What books from the past few years might define, or have defined, a new era of literature? https://www.britannica.com/list/periods-of-american-literature 34 comments books
- Any person who gets themselves into an existential crisis NEEDS to study Frege! https://www.britannica.com/topic/philosophy-of-language/Freges-revolution 3 comments philosophy
- On this day, in 1983, US Astronaut Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first African American man in space https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day 4 comments space
- 806 years ago this month, the historic Magna Carta was signed. It was a game-changer that introduced individual liberty, decentralized power away from the King, and led to the rise of the merchant class — i.e capitalism https://www.britannica.com/topic/Magna-Carta/Reissues-of-1216-1217-and-1225 12 comments economy
- Paul Erdős : Hungarian mathematician https://www.britannica.com/biography/paul-erdos 12 comments math
- On this day in 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon on the first European direct trip to India. https://www.britannica.com/biography/vasco-da-gama 10 comments europe
- The coronavirus outbreak in a single month has already killed as many Americans as the Vietnam war did in 15 years https://www.britannica.com/event/vietnam-war 39 comments worldnews
- 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written 350 comments books
- William Golding won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature for his parables of the human condition. He attracted a cult of followers, especially among the youth of the post-World War II generation https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Golding 12 comments books
- Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène taught himself to read and write in French and wrote many novels. Sembène also developed an interest in motion pictures, in an attempt to reach an African popular audience, 80 percent of whom did not know French or have access to books in any language https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ousmane-Sembene#ref221935 3 comments books
- 31 years ago, the US shot down a Iranian commercial airliner killing 290 civilians https://www.britannica.com/event/iran-air-flight-655 40 comments worldnews
- TIL a Gujrati pilot who know the route to Calicut helped famous Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama to reach India. https://www.britannica.com/biography/vasco-da-gama 25 comments india
- 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” by The Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written 18 comments books
- TIL that each year ancient Greeks had the option to pick a politician to exile for 10 years. They’d cast their vote with pieces of pottery called ‘ostraka’ - it’s where we get the word ostracise from. https://www.britannica.com/topic/ostracism 12 comments greece
- On this day in 1911 mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern was born. He made major contributions to the field of differential geometry https://www.britannica.com/biography/shiing-shen-chern 10 comments math
- Map Mondays # 6: Map of Alexander the Great's Empire depicting Jhelum, the eastern-most extent of the Kingdom https://www.britannica.com/media/full/14224/54536 24 comments pakistan
- 75 years ago, on June 21-22, 1941, the greatest invasion force ever gathered (over 3 million German troops & Axis allies) crossed the Soviet frontier. Operation Barbarossa was launched, thereby escalating WW2 into the most brutal and titanic conflict in history. http://www.britannica.com/story/75th-anniversary-of-operation-barbarossa 5 comments history
- Ancient Babylonians Used Geometry That Anticipated Calculus http://www.britannica.com/story/ancient-babylonians-used-advanced-geometry- 31 comments science
- Vivaldi's Four Seasons contains sounds from each season in Italy. What would it have been like in your country? http://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Four-Seasons-by-Vivaldi 8 comments europe
- On this day in 1526, the Battle of Mohács: The decisive defeat of Hungary by the Turks, which marked the effective destruction of the Hungarian monarchy. http://www.britannica.com/event/battle-of-mohacs 222 comments europe
- John Quincy Adams, Neglected President: He believed it was beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate to campaign -- to make speeches containing promises he would never be able to keep http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2012/09/john-quincy-adams-qa/ 4 comments politics
- Why do humans only have one child at a time, under most circumstances? http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/476264/primate/225202/Gestation-period-and-parturition 31 comments askscience
- I've probably read this book at least once a year since I learned to read http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/phanthom1.jpg 10 comments books
- Why would Republicans want to cut funding for tsunami preparedness? http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/11/2008-election-map-corrected-and-scaled-for-population/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Women Mathematicians: Against the Odds http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2011/03/women-mathematicians-odds/ 6 comments math
- TIL that the scientific method, the theoretical framework underpinning research, is also called the Baconian method in honor of its founder, Sir Francis Bacon http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/48191/baconian-method 3 comments reddit.com
- On this day 235 years ago, January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2011/01/common-sense-and-taxes/ 36 comments history
- Why creativity has declined in American children. http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2010/12/explaining-the-decline-of-creativity-in-american-children-a-reply-to-readers/ 230 comments science
- Should we tax sugar-sweetened beverages? Chicago's commissioner for public health weighs in. http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2010/11/the-debate-over-taxing-sugar-sweetened-beverages/ 3 comments politics
- Digital Clutter: Why How We Read Matters http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2010/01/digital-clutter-why-how-we-read-matters/ 6 comments books