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1916 Walking Tour

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Here's a thread on the Proclamation‘Poblacht na hÉireann’ means ‘Republic of Ireland’. ‘Ríocht’ means ‘kingdom’;‘pobal’ means ‘people’. By taking the word for ‘king’ (‘rí’) from ‘ríocht’ and replacing it with

StatisticusCollegium - No Deal Is The Only Deal

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THREAD With The Corbyn Experiment ending on Saturday it’s worth looking at what he is leaving behind & how/where it happened In 12 charts I have plotted Labour’s GE performance

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😷

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On Wales' south coast lies a legend.It was called Côr Tewdws, the grandest centre of Christian study on the planet.At its peak it attracted over 2,000 students—princes, saints and scholars.It

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24x7Heaven

Since some of y'all don't see the problem lemme explain A mathapatti that the kpop girls are often seen wearing and their stylist seem obssessed with is not just

Noah Kalina

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Trevi Fountain - Rome. 3/23/2020 16:40 Bryant Park - NYC. 3/23/202 11:42 Main Street - Augusta MT. 3/23/2020 09:46 Lifeguard HQ - Huntington Beach, CA. 3/23/2020 08:47 Cocoa Beach Pier

Joe Bassey

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The Benin empire was one of the oldest and developed states in west Africa From the 11th Century.With its mathematical layout and earthworks longer than the Great Wall of China,

Thomas Dvorak

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Why lifting lockdown quickly is an absolutely moronic and counterproductive policy. (THREAD)I'm not the first to post this but given the amount of senseless & foolish columns in The Telegraph,

Tom 🇪🇺🇬🇧🖤

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Let's start off Saturday afternoon with something stupid but fun.British politicians as Jane Austen characters: a thread Boris Johnson: John Thorpe (Northanger Abbey)A vain, reckless, selfish, sexist bully. Will make

Anecdotist

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Malalai da Maiwand (Cultural Legend & Myth)History THREAD“Malalai da maiwand” was real? Or just cultural fiction?When u Google “Malalai da Maiwand”, U will almost see a very plagiarized article written

Alfonz the Cavalier

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As a massive Culloden nerd, I present a thread about the battle:https://twitter.com/NoTrueScotist/status/1250653911939088385 First, the context. The 45 is often presented today as a Scotland vs England thing, but it was

XVIII Airborne Corps

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1 of 24:Hongerwinter: The Dutch Famine of 1944-1945One horrific results of Operation Market Garden was the winter that followed and the pain it inflicted on the Dutch people we failed

North London Deli Class

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My fellow Jews; what are you doing to actively fight against the state violence, ethnic cleansing and systemic discrimination being committed against Palestinians in your name?Some suggestions below If you

Ambarish Satwik

AmbarishSatwik

Thread. Ajudhya Nagari aka Hindu Zion (Jeruselum). In 1903, the sixth Zionist Congress in Basel rejected the British offer of 5000 square miles in Uganda for a Jewish homeland. The

U.S. Army Pacific

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EPISODE 5: China, Burma, India Campaign1 of 32: This episode will feature the China, Burma India (CBI) Campaign. This less known part of #WWII history played a significant role in

Gren Ham

GrenvilleHam

8 years ago I was given the British Empire Medal in the New Years Honours list. Last month I handed it back. I want to explain why. TL; DR: Climate

Lewis Goodall

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Some child food poverty stats-4.2 million children are in relative child poverty (2.4 million of whom in absolute poverty, 3.7 million in absolute poverty after housing costs)-72% of kids living