historical-nonfiction: Many traditions for the holidays of Christmas, Easter, and Halloween/All Saints’ Day were created between the 300s and 600s CE, as the Christian faith spread through the Roman Empire and used its newfound legitimacy to compete

historical-nonfiction: Many traditions for the holidays of Christmas, Easter, and Halloween/All Saints’ Day were created between the 300s and 600s CE, as the Christian faith spread through the Roman Empire and used its newfound legitimacy to compete

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Howstuffworks: On March 4, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Administration Began And Brought With It The Very First Woman In A Presidential Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. She’s Most Notably Credited

Archaeologists To Excavate Lindisfarne In Search Of The Elusive Original Monastery

Afroui: Kees Van Dongen

Valkyrjacom: The Icelandic Settlement Sagas - Photography By Valkyrja.com

Coolchicksfromhistory: Mathilde Fibiger Was A 20 Year Old Danish Governess When Her Novel, Clara Raphael, Ignited A Furor. The Novel’s Theme Of Female Independence Was Immensely Controversial And It Is Considered The First Danish Feminist Work.

Cracked: These Are People Who Have Painstakingly Taught Themselves To Survive Up To 9 Minutes, 24 Secondswithout Air, And It Is Precisely As Dangerous As It Sounds: There Are Around 5,000 Freedivers In The World, And An Estimated 100 Of Them Die Every

Coolartefact: A Qajar Axe With Dragon Finals, Persia C. 19Th Century [493X1810]Source: Http://I.imgur.com/W9Kpkra.jpg

Did-You-Kno: The Pink Inner Corner Of Your Eye Helps With Movement And Tear Drainage, But It’s Actually Left Over From When Humans Used To Have A Third Eyelid. Source

Kafkasapartment: Girl Doing Handstand On The Newest Fad Item, A Skateboard, (14 May 1965). Bill Eppridge. Life Cover.

Design-Is-Fine: Sony Walkman Tps-L2, Portable Stereo Cassette Player, 1979. Japan. Source 1 + 2

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