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Numerous World War II–era machines and weapons remain in active service worldwide due to exceptional durability, reliability, and practical suitability despite modern technological advances.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Numerous World War II–era machines and weapons remain in active service worldwide due to exceptional durability, reliability, and practical suitability despite modern technological advances.
Fascist regimes used a combined Roman romanticism and Futurism visual language to project imperial continuity and promise a violent, modernized future.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Fascist regimes used a combined Roman romanticism and Futurism visual language to project imperial continuity and promise a violent, modernized future.
Australia in 1936 remains the only team to recover from a 2-0 Ashes deficit to win a series, featuring Don Bradman.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Australia in 1936 remains the only team to recover from a 2-0 Ashes deficit to win a series, featuring Don Bradman.
A Roman-era skeleton from Beachy Head originated in southern England, confirmed by high-quality ancient DNA sequencing, overturning earlier sub-Saharan or Cypriot origin suggestions.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A Roman-era skeleton from Beachy Head originated in southern England, confirmed by high-quality ancient DNA sequencing, overturning earlier sub-Saharan or Cypriot origin suggestions.
World War I introduced numerous innovative and devastating weapons—flamethrowers, grenades, gas shells, tanks, long-range bombers, mines, torpedoes, and depth charges.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
World War I introduced numerous innovative and devastating weapons—flamethrowers, grenades, gas shells, tanks, long-range bombers, mines, torpedoes, and depth charges.
December 17 marks multiple significant historical events, including Arthur McDuffie's 1979 beating, France recognizing U.S. independence (1777), and the Wright brothers' first flight (1903).
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December 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
December 17 marks multiple significant historical events, including Arthur McDuffie's 1979 beating, France recognizing U.S. independence (1777), and the Wright brothers' first flight (1903).
English commanders underestimated William Wallace and mismanaged terrain and timing at Stirling Bridge, producing catastrophic defeat through poor generalship.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
English commanders underestimated William Wallace and mismanaged terrain and timing at Stirling Bridge, producing catastrophic defeat through poor generalship.
Penn Museum reassembled and installed the five-ton false door of Kaipure's 2350 B.C. limestone chapel and will reopen the fully restored chapel in new galleries.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Penn Museum reassembled and installed the five-ton false door of Kaipure's 2350 B.C. limestone chapel and will reopen the fully restored chapel in new galleries.
Getty Museum exhibition pairs medieval manuscripts and contemporary paintings to trace the enduring influence of Biblical Creation narratives from the Middle Ages to the present.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Getty Museum exhibition pairs medieval manuscripts and contemporary paintings to trace the enduring influence of Biblical Creation narratives from the Middle Ages to the present.
Assata Shakur adopted a runaway slave identity that inspired many but required permanent exile and painful personal sacrifices.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Assata Shakur adopted a runaway slave identity that inspired many but required permanent exile and painful personal sacrifices.
The Donation of Constantine was a forged medieval document that legitimised extensive papal authority and shaped Church–state and East–West ecclesiastical conflicts.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Donation of Constantine was a forged medieval document that legitimised extensive papal authority and shaped Church–state and East–West ecclesiastical conflicts.
World War II's human and social costs persist today and popular heroic narratives obscure veterans' and civilians' lasting wounds.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
World War II's human and social costs persist today and popular heroic narratives obscure veterans' and civilians' lasting wounds.
The Harpe brothers were America's earliest documented serial killers, murdering at least 39 people across 1797–1799 for pleasure rather than profit or revenge.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Harpe brothers were America's earliest documented serial killers, murdering at least 39 people across 1797–1799 for pleasure rather than profit or revenge.
The 937 Battle of Brunanburh most likely took place at Bromborough on the Wirral.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The 937 Battle of Brunanburh most likely took place at Bromborough on the Wirral.
The Guards Museum near Buckingham Palace showcases the history, symbolism, and discipline of the five Foot Guards regiments, combining uniforms, artifacts, and surprising anecdotes.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Guards Museum near Buckingham Palace showcases the history, symbolism, and discipline of the five Foot Guards regiments, combining uniforms, artifacts, and surprising anecdotes.
Slot machines evolved from Charles Fey's 1895 Liberty Bell three-reel mechanical design through electromechanical advances to today's diverse, regulated online iGaming market in the UK.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Slot machines evolved from Charles Fey's 1895 Liberty Bell three-reel mechanical design through electromechanical advances to today's diverse, regulated online iGaming market in the UK.
Dec. 16, 2025 is the 350th day of the year and is marked by major historical events, notable tragedies, and multiple celebrity birthdays.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Dec. 16, 2025 is the 350th day of the year and is marked by major historical events, notable tragedies, and multiple celebrity birthdays.
New Year's resolutions combine common lifestyle goals, often abandoned quickly, with ancient ritual origins from Babylonian oath-making to Roman Janus observances.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
New Year's resolutions combine common lifestyle goals, often abandoned quickly, with ancient ritual origins from Babylonian oath-making to Roman Janus observances.
A 5,000-year-old male dog skeleton was found in a Swedish bog buried with a 10-inch bone dagger, indicating a Neolithic ritual deposition.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A 5,000-year-old male dog skeleton was found in a Swedish bog buried with a 10-inch bone dagger, indicating a Neolithic ritual deposition.
York shows continuous occupation from Roman through early medieval periods, with Roman infrastructure such as a road shaping the later medieval city's layout.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
York shows continuous occupation from Roman through early medieval periods, with Roman infrastructure such as a road shaping the later medieval city's layout.
Lockheed Martin produced a broad range of influential military aircraft spanning fighters, reconnaissance platforms, transports, and special-mission variants that shaped modern airpower.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Lockheed Martin produced a broad range of influential military aircraft spanning fighters, reconnaissance platforms, transports, and special-mission variants that shaped modern airpower.
Twelve historical events are identified as undeniably among the most consequential in shaping world history.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Twelve historical events are identified as undeniably among the most consequential in shaping world history.
A commemorative plaque at Charing Cross station honors six workers killed when the station roof collapsed on 5 December 1905.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A commemorative plaque at Charing Cross station honors six workers killed when the station roof collapsed on 5 December 1905.
A late-18th-century potato-shaped Staffordshire flask combines novelty and function, sparking modern desire and prompting reconsideration of the potato as gift, aesthetic, and comfort.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A late-18th-century potato-shaped Staffordshire flask combines novelty and function, sparking modern desire and prompting reconsideration of the potato as gift, aesthetic, and comfort.
Sardines were consumed in Roman Switzerland, evidenced by sardine bones found inside a Roman amphora at Gebenstorf.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Sardines were consumed in Roman Switzerland, evidenced by sardine bones found inside a Roman amphora at Gebenstorf.