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historical nonfiction historical nonfiction fun facts quotes and pictures from history original pieces ask archive random rss search 20th aug 2021 2 021 notes surfing has changed a lot since the polynesians first learned how to ride the waves on a flat piece of wood source surfnation com au 1st aug 2021 1 511 notes peacock fresco at the villa poppaea notice the illusion of depth with the columns and how the peacock s tail juts over the edge of the border this art was preserved by vesuvius s eruption in 79 ce source national geographic 15th jul 2021 20 726 notes terracotta warriors fresh from the earth before their colors deteriorate from the exposure photograph from a 1974 excavation source reddit com 30th jun 2021 650 notes the viking colony that wasn t l anse aux meadows is rightly famous as the archaeological evidence of a viking settlement in north america located on the northern tip of newfoundland the site has the remains of eight buildings and could house up to 100 people and seems to have been occupied around the year 1000 the interesting thing the site does not quite fit with the descriptions of vinland in the norse sagas l anse aux meadows has no graves and no cows but the sagas describe an attempt to found a permanent settlement suggesting a graveyard was needed and showing cows to confused locals keep reading 14th jun 2021 978 notes the length of a day on mars the time it takes mars to complete a rotation on its axis has been known since 1666 it was even accurate to within 3 minutes the length of a day on saturn was a mystery until 2019 it was extremely difficult to measure for two reasons first because without a solid surface saturn had no geographical features by which to measure rotational speed and saturn has a funky magnetic field that makes alternative ways of measuring hard saturn s day was only measured when nasa s cassini probe studied the planet s icy rocky rings and their interaction with the planet source solarsystem nasa gov 3rd jun 2021 261 notes a clever crossword on nov 5 1996 which was election day for the presidency of the united states the popular new york times crossword puzzle included a surprising clue 39 across lead story in tomorrow s newspaper with 43 across the answer for 43 across was elected but which presidential candidate fit in 39 across and presumably was the winner of the presidential election in fact there was not one answer but two rather than predict the outcome of the election the writer of the crossword had managed to make it possible for clinton to work and for bobdole to work by changing the answers to the respective seven down clues read the full crossword 20th may 2021 329 notes possible embassy found in major mayan city a recent study of the area in the maya city of tikal has found an unusual complex of buildings which seems to be similar to the citadel of teotihuacan tikal is in northern guatemala and teotihuacan is central mexico about 600 miles to the north inside the complex in tikal were found weapons in a teotihuacan style including ones made from green obsidian from central mexico incense burners carvings of teotihuacan s rain god and a burial in a pyramid with offerings similar to offerings in teotihuacan burials ceramics within the pyramid have been dated to around 300 ce interestingly an elite maya compound has been discovered in teotihuacan with its murals smashed and buried was this site the corresponding tikal embassy to teotihuacan the partner of teotihuacan s embassy complex in tikal the two cities had a difficulty relationship teotihuacan invaded tikal in 378 ce source archaeology org 14th may 2021 172 notes the history the world according to corn 1st may 2021 400 notes a small announcement this blog has been going for almost 10 years now it has expanded to include a website a ko fi and a patreon and it has always remained a one person show historical nonfiction is frankly a lot of time and effort you ongoing support has allowed me to continue for this long but the time has come for me to take a step back from historical nonfiction what does this mean for you you can still look forward to learning something interesting something historical something to expand your knowledge of world but posts will come when inspiration strikes not on a fixed schedule as it has been in short what this means for the future is fewer new posts i want to finish this small announcement by saying thank you all for everything 29th apr 2021 794 notes the meteor crater yes that is it s actual name is one of the best preserved meteor craters in the world this is due to its young age for a crater at approximately 50 000 years old and the dry climate around it in arizona that is not to say the meteor crater is perfectly preserved scientists estimate that 50 65 ft 15 20 m of height has been lost at the rim crest as a result of natural erosion and 100 ft 30 m of sediment has been added to the basin source wikipedia 28th apr 2021 20 488 notes african american cowgirl nellie brown and her horse circa 1900 1915 source reddit com 27th apr 2021 275 notes before and after the bosnian war the ethnic and religious composition of bosnia and herzegovina before and after the conflict which began in 1991 source reddit com 26th apr 2021 355 notes wyoming s periodic spring is well named it flows for roughly 15 minutes then goes dry for 15 minutes then repeats again it is the world s largest intermittent spring or rhythmic spring or breathing spring this is likely caused by an oddly shaped cavern fed by spring water in the rock behind the spring there s only about 100 known intermittent springs in the world another famous one is in jerusalem although it no longer runs intermittently naturally and a pump is used to imitate it 25th apr 2021 614 notes ancient history fun fact in ancient mesopotamia cuneiform clay tablets were often so small that reading them was difficult and impractical but they were not really designed to be read instead they were designed to be checked by someone who already knew the text by heart and just needed a reminder about what the next section or word started with the written clay tablet was to assist in the perfect passing down of oral information between generations students learned by listening and repeating chanting singing or reciting not by reading source amazon com 24th apr 2021 411 notes in the 1700s whalers avoided hawai i for an odd reason honolulu was such an alluring port that many strong minded captains refused to touch there for desertions of nearly half a ship s complement were not uncommon in time the problem became so acute that ship owners banded together and paid head money to native gangs for each deserter hauled in from the hills or lush valleys but some wise yankee skippers avoided the whole problem by cruising back and forth in sight of land and sending ashore only longboats manned by trusted officers who accumulated the required provisions and rowed back to their reluctant ships occasionally of course even such special crews deserted michener james a et al the globe mutineers rascals in paradise the dial press 2016 15 16 print source reddit com 1 2 3 4 5 older the minimalist theme tumblr themes by pixel union powered by tumblr