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Students of Lincoln University (PA) attending a lecture taught by Albert Einstein, who said during a speech at LU: "The separation of the races is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people." (original photo taken in 1946 and colorized photo produced in 2018) : HBCU

Posted in r/HBCU by u/unlimitedfutures • 190 points and 1 comment

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·reddit.com·May 13, 2026

Buckle Up! Gonna be a wild 12 months coming up

Explore this post and more from the meteorology community

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·reddit.com·Apr 6, 2026

Buckle Up! Gonna be a wild 12 months coming up

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·msn.com·Apr 3, 2024

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·msn.com·Mar 26, 2024

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r/AskReddit - If you could add a zero to the end of any number in your life (bank balance, lifespan, etc.), which one would you choose and why?

6,591 votes and 4,036 comments so far on Reddit

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·reddit.com·Mar 4, 2024

r/AskReddit - If you could add a zero to the end of any number in your life (bank balance, lifespan, etc.), which one would you choose and why?

Why Half of Humanity Lives in This Circle

One single accident

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·tomaspueyo.medium.com·Dec 8, 2023

Why Half of Humanity Lives in This Circle

Pentagon UFO boss steps down after explosive admission

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·msn.com·Nov 9, 2023

Pentagon UFO boss steps down after explosive admission

57 fascinating facts about the Titanic

This weekend marks the 107th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Fun Facts & Listicles #history #listicles #pocket archive

·usatoday.com·Nov 4, 2023

57 fascinating facts about the Titanic

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·msn.com·Aug 4, 2023

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The Myth of the Alpha Wolf

Rivka Galchen on how new research shows that people got the model of aggression and dominance, derived from wolf-pack behavior, wrong.

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·newyorker.com·Jul 4, 2023

The Myth of the Alpha Wolf

Boat captain twice ambushed by pod of orcas says "they knew exactly what they are doing"

Video of the captain's latest encounters shows orcas "biting off both rudders" of his yacht, with one of the whales seen swimming around with a piece of the rudder in its mouth.

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·cbsnews.com·Jun 17, 2023

Boat captain twice ambushed by pod of orcas says "they knew exactly what they are doing"

Hey, Irish Americans: Your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic — because that whol

The real and complicated story of Ireland's past is a lot more interesting than Irish Americans make it out to be

History & Historical Myths #ancestry #tattoos #pocket archive

·salon.com·Mar 17, 2023

Hey, Irish Americans: Your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic — because that whol

Mystery Over Ancient Egyptian Mummification Ingredients Deepens

To mummify their dead, the Ancient Egyptians needed to acquire exotic ingredients from faraway places.

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·thedailybeast.com·Feb 1, 2023

Mystery Over Ancient Egyptian Mummification Ingredients Deepens

7 inconvenient truths white people must understand about MLK

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·thegrio.com·Jan 18, 2023

7 inconvenient truths white people must understand about MLK

What Triggered The Collapse of The Ancient Maya? A New Study Reads Like a W

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·msn.com·Jul 27, 2022

What Triggered The Collapse of The Ancient Maya? A New Study Reads Like a W

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/22/mutulu-shakur-dying-prison-cancer/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=theintercept&utm_medium=social&s=09

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·theintercept.com·Jun 29, 2022

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/22/mutulu-shakur-dying-prison-cancer/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=theintercept&utm_medium=social&s=09

‘Greatest Generation’ runs counter to its wholesome image in survey on race, sex and combat during World War II

Virginia Tech project finds forgotten Army surveys that reveal World War II lingo and harsh views on race, sex, and combat.

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·washingtonpost.com·Jan 21, 2022

‘Greatest Generation’ runs counter to its wholesome image in survey on race, sex and combat during World War II

It’s Time to Stop Talking About “Generations”

From boomers to zoomers, the concept gets social history all wrong. Louis Menand on “The Generation Myth” and “Gen Z, Explained.”

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·newyorker.com·Jan 21, 2022

It’s Time to Stop Talking About “Generations”

The Number That Becomes More Amazing the More You Study It

It’s even more astonishing than Dan Brown and Pepsi thought.

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·slate.com·Dec 5, 2021

The Number That Becomes More Amazing the More You Study It

Why Confederate Lies Live On

For some Americans, history isn’t the story of what actually happened; it’s the story they want to believe.

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·theatlantic.com·Dec 5, 2021

Why Confederate Lies Live On

Opinion | What Jared Diamond and Yuval Noah Harari Get Wrong About History

New research on humanity's deep past holds lessons for the future.

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·nytimes.com·Nov 5, 2021

Opinion | What Jared Diamond and Yuval Noah Harari Get Wrong About History

Why the witch-hunt victims of early modern Britain have come back to haunt us

The women killed as witches centuries ago are starting to receive justice. But let’s not glamorise the murder of innocents

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·theguardian.com·Oct 26, 2021

Why the witch-hunt victims of early modern Britain have come back to haunt us

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·msn.com·Jul 21, 2021

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https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-life-of-adolf-hitlers-only-sist

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·medium.com·Jan 30, 2021

https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-life-of-adolf-hitlers-only-sist

40 Words and Phrases That Are Their Own Opposites

You're about to stumble into the looking-glass world of contronyms—words that are their own antonyms.

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·getpocket.com·Nov 11, 2020

40 Words and Phrases That Are Their Own Opposites

Uncovering the Past: Ancient update to Egyptian Book of the Dead, Inca sacrifices of llamas, and new find near Gobekli Tepe

This month in Uncovering the Past several new finds and research provide new details for understanding the practices of past cultures.

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·wildhunt.org·Nov 3, 2020

Uncovering the Past: Ancient update to Egyptian Book of the Dead, Inca sacrifices of llamas, and new find near Gobekli Tepe

How to understand cells, tissues and organisms as agents with agendas | Aeo

Biology’s next great horizon is to understand cells, tissues and organisms as agents with agendas (even if unthinking ones)

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·aeon.co·Oct 16, 2020

How to understand cells, tissues and organisms as agents with agendas | Aeo

The Real Stakes of the Fight Over History - The Atlantic

Our country is made better, not worse, by young people reckoning with the full legacy of the institution.

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·theatlantic.com·Sep 24, 2020

The Real Stakes of the Fight Over History - The Atlantic

“Jared Diamond: There’s a 49 Percent Chance the World As We Know It Will En

Every idea needs a Medium

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·link.medium.com·Aug 13, 2020

“Jared Diamond: There’s a 49 Percent Chance the World As We Know It Will En

Irish people - Wikipedia

Celtic people

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·en.wikipedia.org·Aug 5, 2020

Irish people - Wikipedia