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Pliny the Elder’s radical idea to catalog knowledge
Knowable en Español via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmong the achievements of the ancient Roman Empire still acclaimed today, historians list things like aqueducts, roads, legal theory, exceptional...
As Buffalo shooting victims testify in Congress, race and history circle us
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a Saturday afternoon in May, History stared at me in an art gallery in New York City. We circled...
Rock crystal sat in museum for nearly 2 centuries — then they found it wasn’t a rock
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1883, what was believed to be a decorative crystal gemstone was cataloged and placed in the...
7 Fun, Random Historical Facts That I Need To Impart To You This Month
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 5 months agoI love history, and I'm always reading new journal articles, and old books, and discovering new...
A man stumbled upon a 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil but kept it secret for 2 years
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA titanosaur skeleton on display at the American Museum of Natural History. A fossil of a titanosaur...
Clayborn Benson preserves Black history, lights a fire in young people to learn from the past
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe barbershop is where Clayborn Benson’s interest in storytelling first began. As a shoeshine boy...
How many neighborhoods are there in Milwaukee? Here's why there's no 'right' answer.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMany call Milwaukee a "city of neighborhoods." The Cream City is known for its large number of...
Mammals with pouches are 'more evolved' than humans — sort of
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA photo of a koala with a joey on its back. Mammals with pouches, like kangaroos and koalas, have a...
Ecologist advises people to pay attention to the world around us | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhit Gibbons, now retired, is one of America’s foremost ecologists with 25 books, 250 scientific...
10 of the most notorious pirates in history
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPirates stole ships, gold and other treasures on the high seas. The world’s most notorious pirates terrorized the seven seas and amassed huge riches...