#Biography

"I read the 48 Laws of Power two days ago & I'm Machiavellian" aesthetics thread.1/ Bedroom posters: Super secret powerful books nobody has ever read: I literally was playing this
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“Thread: History of Valentines Day”Ancient historical sources have claimed the existence of several saints by the name of St.Valentines who died on Feb 14. Among them, two were executed during
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#OnThisDay 1908 Thurgood Marshall, NAACP LDF leader, one of the greatest attorneys ever, fighter for human rights, was born in Baltimore, MD. THREAD Justice Marshall's birth name was "Thoroughgood," but
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Don't normally connect dots, but hey, it's almost Christmas, let's have fun... Mr. Jay Clayton was once a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he was a member of
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This week we heard that the Education Secretary's choice of next #ChildrensCommissioner doesn't yet know whether children in England should have the same legal protection from assault as adults. This
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10 facts you might not know about Katherine Esau (pronounced EE-saw), the grande dame of botany, plant anatomy and phloem (1/n) 1. She was born in the Russian
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THE SELECTED 1st WORLD PRESIDENT: Kenya became independent from the UK in 1963. The British National Archives (BNA) is an executive agency of the government of the United Kingdom. A
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:waves to @EmilyBotica, @ChloeIsAGoth, @IDWPublishing, @leighwalton, @MoniBarre: https://twitter.com/NoetheMatt/status/1357763893888745479 I am so weirdly hyped for this one Ooooh SO EXCITED for this one - I fully intend to make one of
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February is #BlackHistoryMonth . To mark this month, each day I'll highlight an African-American individual who made a difference during his or her times--and left a legacy for the
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Black and Asian British aristocrats, or a family you may not have known about. A lot of people know the Duleep Singh family was Indian--they were descended from the deposed
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So I put this comment up days ago... Believe you/me I've been digging and Lindsey Graham is a real problem child.The problem: There is so much info out there that
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Remembering a life-changing experience I had at the hands of a teacher of mine, a rabbi in JerusalemIt was a bar mitzvah of one of the Yeshiva rabbis' sons, in
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Like the last few years I read quite a lot again this year.10 favourites incl. mini description in the thread (no order) 1) Antifragile & Skin in the Game -
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Literally no one: Me: Some random thoughts on Hamilton, a thread. 1/x Just watched it. Gutted and spent from weeping. It is a work of staggering power, performed by a
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@POTUS @JoeBiden WOW! I did not know this! “In 1975, President Ford was left to manage the difficult ending of the Vietnam War. President Ford went to Congress for a
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The "Dispute" about the First Appearance of HawkmanWe've celebrated Hawkman Day together since 2016, and it's grown quite a bit. It's been recognized on many sites, and even got a
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