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https://preview.redd.it/baz1088ym7dh1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57bbbba6e20c0aecf5b32ab740fa09e7876ce23e I’m Tom Hiddleston and I am taking a journey back in time in my new series ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston’ on National Geographic. The ancient world h…
I taught in Kazakhstan for three years. They regularly have traditional clothing days where the students come into school wearing traditional clothing and jewellery. It's very cute. Recently one of my older pupils who works as a fashion designer told me that traditional Kazakh c…
For a long time, the difference between the very rich/powerful and everyone else was quite obvious from their appearance—they dressed quite differently, in a way only available to them because of their status, and that showed off their wealth. In modern times, however, with rare…
I was thinking about how many people call us homophobic, and how, on average, explaining the reasons why homosexual acts are sinful changes nothing. I realized that offering the usual theological arguments is pointless, because most people fail to grasp the concept of Divine a…
There are lots of examples, particularly in the first half of the 20th century, of a congressman's wife being appointed to his seat after his death in office. (Or occasionally his sister or daughter.) Given that very few of these women had political experience and the practice w…
In the 1865 reports of John B. Sanborn, a federal official tasked with assessing conditions in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, it was explicitly documented that: “I have the honor to enclose my report and accompanying papers, representing the condition of affairs in the India…
He literally told God "nah you're not dying on me" and got called satan (Matthew 16:22 and surrounding verses). Also when Jesus was washing the apostles' feet, Peter said how could God wash his feet, but then when Jesus told him that he needs to do it for Peter to be with him he…
So from what I understand, an observant person could have concluded years before WWII was over that Germany would lose. I've even heard arguments that as early as 1941 the writing was on the wall for them. And the reason that Germany did not surrender was due mostly to Hitler be…