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History
Wednesday – March 13, 2019
Fast Food in the USSR: The History
Super interesting and funny video about the history of fast food in Russia.
Categories Corporations History Russia
Friday – February 1, 2019
Here Are All the Treaties and Agreements Trump has Abandoned
Trump’s time in office has seen the President remove the US from multiple international organizations and has not hidden his frustration with …
Categories Government History Politics Trump
Tuesday – January 29, 2019
The Term Litterbug Was Created by Beer, Beer Can, Bottle, Candy and Other Manufacturers
It is a beautiful, if evil strategy, simple and elegant: once underway it is even cheap to run, as it is powered …
Categories Corporations History Interesting TIL
Monday – January 28, 2019
What We Learned in the Trump and Russia Probes: Week of Jan 20 – 26
A sub-reddit dedicated to Keeping Track by organizing and summarizing the different notable developments involving, but not limited to, Trump, GOP, Russia …
Categories Government History Justice Politics Trump
Wednesday – January 23, 2019
The U.S. History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century
Once upon a time the U.S. had an amazing public transportation infrastructure.
Categories Corporations History Interesting
Sunday – January 20, 2019
VP Mike Pence on MLK – Hypocrite Much?
About that whole peaceful protest thing …
Categories Government History Politics
Despotism (1946) – Anything Look Familiar?
Released after WWII, this amazing film illustrates the thesis that all communities can be ranged on a scale running from democracy to …
Categories Documentary Government History Interesting Videos
Wednesday – January 16, 2019
Aides Reveal Trump Wants Out of NATO, a Dream of Putin
New York Times correspondent Helene Cooper joins Lawrence to discuss her latest reporting on President Trump’s private desire to withdraw from NATO, …
Categories Government History Politics Trump Videos
The REAL Reason Cannabis Was Prohibited (Hint: Corporations)
It’s sad to see how much our world has been destroyed over the past 70 years as well as the health & …
Categories Corporations Documentary Fact Check Government History Interesting Videos
Tuesday – January 15, 2019
Search for Meanings & Distribution of 26 Million Surnames
Forebears have added the ability to map surname distribution across around 20,000 second-level administrative divisions (subregions) in sixty-six countries; from Australia to …
Categories History Interesting
Saturday – January 12, 2019
First Nuclear Submarine USS Nautilus Secretly Buys “Bar’s Leak”
On June 3, 1958, the USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, visits Everett and Seattle. In Seattle, crewmen dressed in civilian …
Categories Fact Check History Military Unexpected
Friday – January 11, 2019
Why Evangelical Christians Love Israel
Thomas Morton joined a group of born again Christians as they toured the Holy Land and found out the real reason why …
Categories Documentary History Politics Religion
Thursday – January 10, 2019
“Trans Person Here, Allow Me to Correct that Opinion.” Damn!
There have ALWAYS been people who were gender non-conforming, we have examples going back to the Iron Age(article, and further back to …
Categories Fact Check Gender History Thinking
Monday – January 7, 2019
TIL – Witches Were not Burned at the Stake in Salem
Accused people at Salem Witch Trials were not burned at the stake. More than 200 were accused, 19 were hanged, and 1 …
Categories Fact Check History Religion TIL
Wednesday – January 2, 2019
The Streets are Alive, with the Sound of Hitler
During the filming of the Sound of Music, the city of Salzburg refused to allow Nazi flags to be hung off buildings …
Categories Documentary History Interesting TIL
Saturday – December 29, 2018
Monday – December 24, 2018
TIL – NORAD’s Santa Tracker Started with a Typo in 1955
TIL in 1955 a local Sears store in Colorado Springs ran a dial Santa ad. Except the number was a misprint. Instead of listing the number for Sears’ Santa hotline, it posted the number for the Continental Air Defense Command center. NORAD has been tracking Santa ever since.