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May 19, 2025
Battle of Flanders
The Battle of Flanders, fought during World War I from April to November 1917, comprised a series of engagements between the Allies and German forces in Flanders, Belgium. Key battles included Passchendaele, marked by trench warfare and heavy casualties. This campaign aimed to secure the Belgian coast and disrupt German supply lines but ultimately resulted in a costly stalemate.
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September 24, 2020
Charles Scott Sherrington: Synapse, Nobel Prize, and Nervous System
The life and work of Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, whose seminal breakthroughs in science and human physiology have been largely forgotten in modern times.
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September 23, 2020
Age of Enlightenment
The age of enlightenment spanned the 17th and 19th centuries with Descartes, Voltaire, Rousseau and other thinker-philosophers contributed amazing ideas that changed the world.
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September 22, 2020
Robert Wadlow: The Tallest Man in the World
Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in the world, suffered from an overactive pituitary condition causing him to grow to 8 feet, 4 inches with a shoe size of 40.
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September 21, 2020
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: Sexuality, Transgenderism and “Inversion”
Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking novel entitled Orlando, which was ahead of its time in terms of understanding fluid sexual orientation and transgenderism.
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September 18, 2020
Trail of Tears: Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830
The Trail of Tears, when the US government forced 60,000 Native Americans to relocate from their homelands in the American Southeast to new lands west of the Mississippi River.
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September 17, 2020
Ford Edsel: A Case Study in Automotive Flops
The birth and death of the Ford Edsel, known as the largest flop in automotive history costing the Ford Motor Company more than $6 billion in today’s dollar.
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September 16, 2020
Theo Jansen: Kinetics, Art and Strandbeest Aliens Invade Europe
Dutch physics and art student, Theo Jansen, nearly started a riot with a helium-powered “UFO” art project. Today, Jansen’s Strandbeest sculptures stun audiences around the world.
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