A brilliant and overrlooked artist:
The Genius of Jules Bastien-Lepage
https://www.musings-on-art.org/blogs/ar ... ien-lepage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Bastien-Lepage
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Bartitsu - Self-defense with the hooked walking stick
So the walking stick also moonlights as a trusted friend to lean on, after leaving the bar for the night; while also being a reliable assistant when confronting those you happen to piss off on the occasion?
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While looking up the filming locations for the 2005 movie Hostel, I came across some interesting 360 degree images.
https://www.360cities.net/es/image/pols ... lac-glowny
Ogrodzieniec Castle – ruins of a medieval castle located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, built in the 14th-15th century by the Włodków Sulimczyk family, later rebuilt.
Apparently, the movie itself had an abandoned Psychiatric hospital, which had a portion abandoned since 1918, which was used to film the torture scene.
Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic (with a pretty neat 1 minute video)
https://www.mcgeesghosttours.com/psychi ... -cemetery/
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Terezin - Nazi's converted fortress for Jewish Ghetto concentration camp
One of the people in that ghetto was later transported to Auschwitz, where he died. A book from his time there:
'The Diary of Petr Ginz, 1941-1942' by Jonathan Foer
While looking up a decaying barrack and the effort to restore it, down below the article, I noticed a photo of an Astronaut holding up a drawing by Petr, titled, the 'Moon Landscape.' He would escape the environment through his imagination.
https://holocaustremembrance.com/news/s ... n-barracks
Longer tour (fast forward) of the camp
https://youtu.be/bPVoLRgmmU0
Another concentration camp in Ukraine (against Poland.)
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Piazza San Marco and Doge palace in Venice, Italy, 360 VR
https://www.360cities.net/video/2016071 ... rnervr-mp4
Disney Epcot WorldKey "fake internet" interactive video database at the park.
Something that wasn't there around 2000, but was still kind of cool even by those standards (though it definitely looks circa early 1980s.)
Timothy Dexter (idiot that bought Coninental currency when it was less than 1% (not realizing it was a "worthless investment") only to have it exchanged for Treasury Bonds at 1% value (which ultimately made him a lot of money, similar to if you bought "penny stock" and it get's bought out for more than it was worth at the time.)
Even if he was uneducated, he was still exceptionally stupid, and it shows.
Book:
Timothy Dexter (1747-1806) A Pickle for the Knowing Ones aka Plain Truths in a Homespun Dress
A much quicker summary (goes through the above 14 minutes of video in the first 1 minute. . . I fucking hate that about Youtube videos)
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Early New England Lighthouses
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com ... sidential/
Historical Fragments
Re: Historical Fragments
photographs taken by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
https://askdaddy.quora.com/What-are-som ... ype=answer
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Tarrare, the hungriest man to live.
https://qr.ae/pYnp1i
Tarrare, the Greatest Glutton of All Time
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/665 ... n-all-time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
To note, a Quora comment mentions the real reason he was kicked out of the hospital is because a baby had gone missing, and he was known to devour live animals like Cronos. . . And the second link references: "He even drank the blood from other patients at the hospital, and was kicked out of the hospital morgue several times for trying to eat the corpses." He also was a smelly asshole.
https://askdaddy.quora.com/What-are-som ... ype=answer
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Tarrare, the hungriest man to live.
https://qr.ae/pYnp1i
Tarrare, the Greatest Glutton of All Time
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/665 ... n-all-time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
To note, a Quora comment mentions the real reason he was kicked out of the hospital is because a baby had gone missing, and he was known to devour live animals like Cronos. . . And the second link references: "He even drank the blood from other patients at the hospital, and was kicked out of the hospital morgue several times for trying to eat the corpses." He also was a smelly asshole.
Re: Historical Fragments
(false) Duel between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/t ... to-musashi
(Found a video with subtitles)
Different video without subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eIJYZVC4wc
(true) Listen to the man!
*Perhaps skip this and just read the last note (or skip it entirely if you don't know why it's confusing*
The real history, when you examine the Kokura Hibun (historical stone monument at the location), Musashi arrived on time and declared he would use a wooden sword (not an oar) and gave the lethal blow in one strike (which presumably cracked a rib and punctured the lung, leading to Kojiro's death.)
Whether the wooden sword was used in an attempt to make it "safer" or because of the longer sword that Kojiro was known for, had been more accessible to Musashi, and the length was more important than what it was made of if he was only intent on using it for the one-off duel to prove he could easily defeat him (since Kojiro was apparently known for killing three people in one fight using an iron fan?)
Much of the fictionalize lore was made after the historical fight, in which much of the story becomes embellished in popular media such as a play about the incident (which may also have embellished the thinking that Kojiro often dressed in kabuki theater clothing and was a bit flamboyant?)
Update: Even that "True" story might even be fictionalized. Musashi at age 28 fought someone named Ginryu (hence the name of the island, since Kojiro was a name that only shows up in the later part of the century, and was 10 years younger than Musashi and not older as others are stating) and Musashi had 10 of his disciples with him (where have I heard that story before) who then finish Ginryu off after he strikes his one blow. The event made him a slight outcast but he would later kind of make amends for his treatment of the duel.
But then someone mentions: Miyamoto Musashi - His Life and Writings by Kenji Tokitsu
The weapon, Jisso Enman no Bokuto
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/ ... 023500453
Possibly the same weapon Miyamoto Musashi used in the duel with Sasaki Kojiro (his actual name though in the earlier accounts he might have went by the name Ganryu--meaning "big rock school" which is the name of swordsplay school he created--in historical documents, and only later was referenced by his actual name, such as in plays, where some of the historical account might have been obscured. The name for Kojiro's school became the basis for the Islands name (hence it was not named in honor of Miyamoto Musashi. . . which might be telling?)
Supposedly Musashi was late to the battle not as a strategy to offset him, but rather from his reputation to study up on his opponent (though the Kokura Hibun did claim he arrived on time?) Kojiro might have had a habit of dressing up in Kabuki-style clothing, as he was known to be flamboyant, and on one account he used a metal fan to kill 3 people (which sounds like something in manga, though I suspect this might be how people interpreted his behavior since most accounts would have been embellished?) Though Kojiro was famous for using a larger Nodachi sword, the general lore of the battle was Musashi knew this and fashioned an impromptu oar/boat paddle that would be used to attack; and yet the wooden weapon he would have used should have been a standard weapon.
If studying the Kokura Hibun stone on Ganryu Island it states Kojiro was struck once and that he intended to use a wooden sword (which would typically be referenced as a bokken, whereas this Bokuto would be without a sharpened edge) Supposedly in other historical references (contemporary accounts and not later ones) Musashi arrived with 10 of his disciples/students and after incapacitating Kojiro (which the Kokura Hibun references as an injury to the lungs which possibly caused him to die from a blow at a time when infection and nonexistent antibiotics and available surgery lead to death) it seems those 10 disciples held back any spectators and might have actually finished off Kojiro, since they actually wanted him dead. Since Musashi was supposed to arrive by himself and with no others, this caused additional issues with the local power structures of that region.
Supposedly the Hosokawa clan wanted Kojiro out of the picture because he posed an issue for their power and influence over the region, and Musashi as a Ronin in service of those with money was escorted by muskateers (different version of Alexander Dumas' books, as they probably had something like arquebuses) and remained at his father's residence, who would write an account of the incident he was told. Supposedly this is in the book, 'Miyamoto Musashi - His Life and Writings' by Kenji Tokitsu which I have yet to read.
This video actually reiterates what I just mentioned:
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Basquiat
Books:
Symbol Sourcebook - Henry Dreyfuss (Basquiat lore)
Flash of the Spirit by Robert Farris Thompson
The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac
(now historical) video that was scrapped in 1981 then later released (though it was being acted, so not a documentary.)
Downtown 81 (Edo Bertoglio, 2000) Jean-Michel Basquiat
https://vk.com/video445530948_456239283
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Until 1827, Oxford students had to swear an oath never to be reconciled with Henry Symeonis–despite Oxford apparently having forgotten by the 17th century who he was or what he did. His identity and his offence were only rediscovered in 1912.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Symeonis
https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archive ... cVR5COrAiQ
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The only combat in North America during WW2 was in Alaska, where a plane can still be found after having to crash land due to poor weather (incidentally it was a weather monitor and didn't serve in combat?)
I'm finding two very different accounts:
Wikipedia claims upwards of 6-7 variants of this plane exists as remnants, and that only one of the occupants sustained a broken collar bone, but in the other website it says only 2 of these planes exists in the world, and that one of the people died. Also, contrary to Wikipedia, no mention of Brigadier General William E. Lynd exists in the other account (who would be someone that also goes by Major General in their retirement.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atka_B-24D_Liberator
https://www.nps.gov/articles/atka-b24d-liberator.htm
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Body Found in Supermarket Identified as Employee Who Disappeared 10 Years Ago (from November 2009)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/body-fo ... years-ago/
https://www.ketv.com/article/body-found ... a/26028756
He was disoriented and probably having a mental breakdown which compelled him to climb on top of the cooler, where he would have fallen and broke his neck, only to be found long after the place closed down.
They were probably closed around 2016 and didn't seem to have much business.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/no-frills-supe ... cil-bluffs
For awhile I was thinking the place closed after the body was found.
"In January 2019, the body of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada was found behind a cooler in an abandoned No Frills Supermarket in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Murillo-Moncada had been missing since November 2009."
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/t ... to-musashi
(Found a video with subtitles)
Different video without subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eIJYZVC4wc
(true) Listen to the man!
*Perhaps skip this and just read the last note (or skip it entirely if you don't know why it's confusing*
The real history, when you examine the Kokura Hibun (historical stone monument at the location), Musashi arrived on time and declared he would use a wooden sword (not an oar) and gave the lethal blow in one strike (which presumably cracked a rib and punctured the lung, leading to Kojiro's death.)
Whether the wooden sword was used in an attempt to make it "safer" or because of the longer sword that Kojiro was known for, had been more accessible to Musashi, and the length was more important than what it was made of if he was only intent on using it for the one-off duel to prove he could easily defeat him (since Kojiro was apparently known for killing three people in one fight using an iron fan?)
Much of the fictionalize lore was made after the historical fight, in which much of the story becomes embellished in popular media such as a play about the incident (which may also have embellished the thinking that Kojiro often dressed in kabuki theater clothing and was a bit flamboyant?)
Update: Even that "True" story might even be fictionalized. Musashi at age 28 fought someone named Ginryu (hence the name of the island, since Kojiro was a name that only shows up in the later part of the century, and was 10 years younger than Musashi and not older as others are stating) and Musashi had 10 of his disciples with him (where have I heard that story before) who then finish Ginryu off after he strikes his one blow. The event made him a slight outcast but he would later kind of make amends for his treatment of the duel.
But then someone mentions: Miyamoto Musashi - His Life and Writings by Kenji Tokitsu
Spoiler
Show
This is a very in-depth book about the actual Musashi as well as his writings (including the famous Book of Five Rings) and is based upon official records and narratives from people of that time period ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0N6F3S ).
In the case of the Musashi-Kojiro duel, the author posits that Musashi did arrive late, stunned his opponent with either a wooden oar or a large wooden sword, and then left quickly to avoid being ambushed. The stunned Kojiro was then killed by some of Musashi's disciples who were in hiding. There was a subsequent outcry from this and Musashi was escorted in safety to his father's house in another province by a company of musketeers employed by the Hosokawa clan who had put the duel together in order to remove Kojiro from a key position in the province.
The character on Eiji Yoshikawa's fictional account of Musashi is very loosely-based upon the more complex historical figure although where both the fictional and the historical Musashi figures meet is in the fact that Musashi was truly a skilled (but careful fighter) and was indeed a skilled artist.
In the case of the Musashi-Kojiro duel, the author posits that Musashi did arrive late, stunned his opponent with either a wooden oar or a large wooden sword, and then left quickly to avoid being ambushed. The stunned Kojiro was then killed by some of Musashi's disciples who were in hiding. There was a subsequent outcry from this and Musashi was escorted in safety to his father's house in another province by a company of musketeers employed by the Hosokawa clan who had put the duel together in order to remove Kojiro from a key position in the province.
The character on Eiji Yoshikawa's fictional account of Musashi is very loosely-based upon the more complex historical figure although where both the fictional and the historical Musashi figures meet is in the fact that Musashi was truly a skilled (but careful fighter) and was indeed a skilled artist.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/ ... 023500453
Possibly the same weapon Miyamoto Musashi used in the duel with Sasaki Kojiro (his actual name though in the earlier accounts he might have went by the name Ganryu--meaning "big rock school" which is the name of swordsplay school he created--in historical documents, and only later was referenced by his actual name, such as in plays, where some of the historical account might have been obscured. The name for Kojiro's school became the basis for the Islands name (hence it was not named in honor of Miyamoto Musashi. . . which might be telling?)
Supposedly Musashi was late to the battle not as a strategy to offset him, but rather from his reputation to study up on his opponent (though the Kokura Hibun did claim he arrived on time?) Kojiro might have had a habit of dressing up in Kabuki-style clothing, as he was known to be flamboyant, and on one account he used a metal fan to kill 3 people (which sounds like something in manga, though I suspect this might be how people interpreted his behavior since most accounts would have been embellished?) Though Kojiro was famous for using a larger Nodachi sword, the general lore of the battle was Musashi knew this and fashioned an impromptu oar/boat paddle that would be used to attack; and yet the wooden weapon he would have used should have been a standard weapon.
If studying the Kokura Hibun stone on Ganryu Island it states Kojiro was struck once and that he intended to use a wooden sword (which would typically be referenced as a bokken, whereas this Bokuto would be without a sharpened edge) Supposedly in other historical references (contemporary accounts and not later ones) Musashi arrived with 10 of his disciples/students and after incapacitating Kojiro (which the Kokura Hibun references as an injury to the lungs which possibly caused him to die from a blow at a time when infection and nonexistent antibiotics and available surgery lead to death) it seems those 10 disciples held back any spectators and might have actually finished off Kojiro, since they actually wanted him dead. Since Musashi was supposed to arrive by himself and with no others, this caused additional issues with the local power structures of that region.
Supposedly the Hosokawa clan wanted Kojiro out of the picture because he posed an issue for their power and influence over the region, and Musashi as a Ronin in service of those with money was escorted by muskateers (different version of Alexander Dumas' books, as they probably had something like arquebuses) and remained at his father's residence, who would write an account of the incident he was told. Supposedly this is in the book, 'Miyamoto Musashi - His Life and Writings' by Kenji Tokitsu which I have yet to read.
This video actually reiterates what I just mentioned:
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Basquiat
Books:
Symbol Sourcebook - Henry Dreyfuss (Basquiat lore)
Flash of the Spirit by Robert Farris Thompson
The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac
(now historical) video that was scrapped in 1981 then later released (though it was being acted, so not a documentary.)
Downtown 81 (Edo Bertoglio, 2000) Jean-Michel Basquiat
https://vk.com/video445530948_456239283
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Until 1827, Oxford students had to swear an oath never to be reconciled with Henry Symeonis–despite Oxford apparently having forgotten by the 17th century who he was or what he did. His identity and his offence were only rediscovered in 1912.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Symeonis
https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archive ... cVR5COrAiQ
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The only combat in North America during WW2 was in Alaska, where a plane can still be found after having to crash land due to poor weather (incidentally it was a weather monitor and didn't serve in combat?)
I'm finding two very different accounts:
Wikipedia claims upwards of 6-7 variants of this plane exists as remnants, and that only one of the occupants sustained a broken collar bone, but in the other website it says only 2 of these planes exists in the world, and that one of the people died. Also, contrary to Wikipedia, no mention of Brigadier General William E. Lynd exists in the other account (who would be someone that also goes by Major General in their retirement.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atka_B-24D_Liberator
https://www.nps.gov/articles/atka-b24d-liberator.htm
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Body Found in Supermarket Identified as Employee Who Disappeared 10 Years Ago (from November 2009)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/body-fo ... years-ago/
https://www.ketv.com/article/body-found ... a/26028756
He was disoriented and probably having a mental breakdown which compelled him to climb on top of the cooler, where he would have fallen and broke his neck, only to be found long after the place closed down.
They were probably closed around 2016 and didn't seem to have much business.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/no-frills-supe ... cil-bluffs
For awhile I was thinking the place closed after the body was found.
"In January 2019, the body of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada was found behind a cooler in an abandoned No Frills Supermarket in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Murillo-Moncada had been missing since November 2009."
Re: Historical Fragments
WW2 Swiss bunkers that dug through miles of mountain to fortify during the war.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=389451350580594
Frightening reason Switzerland has 374,142 bunkers hidden all over the country
It's been dubbed the 'biggest fortress in Europe'
https://www.uniladtech.com/news/tech-ne ... 8-20241219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ ... itzerland)
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=389451350580594
Frightening reason Switzerland has 374,142 bunkers hidden all over the country
It's been dubbed the 'biggest fortress in Europe'
https://www.uniladtech.com/news/tech-ne ... 8-20241219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ ... itzerland)
Re: Historical Fragments
20 Euro per "crayon."
La Maison du Pastel at 20 Rue Rambuteau, 75003 Paris, France
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According to psychology, what makes people corrupt?
Maria Abromavich's experiment in which people could do whatever they wanted to her in 6 hours, including fondling and pointing a gun to her.
https://qr.ae/pY00L4
Rhythm 0 - Experiment on human behavior
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_0# ... 0a%20table.
La Maison du Pastel at 20 Rue Rambuteau, 75003 Paris, France
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According to psychology, what makes people corrupt?
Maria Abromavich's experiment in which people could do whatever they wanted to her in 6 hours, including fondling and pointing a gun to her.
https://qr.ae/pY00L4
Spoiler
Show
Let me introduce you to a world-famous experiment that revealed the true nature of people. This Facebook post is titled " If you think you know humanity, you don't know humanity ".
In 1974, Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic dared to conduct a terrifying experiment to examine how people think.
In 1974, Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic dared to conduct a terrifying experiment to examine how people think.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_0# ... 0a%20table.
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Re: Historical Fragments
https://www.armenian-genocide.org/talaat.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soghomon_Tehlirian
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Rat children of Pakistan (artificial microcephaly, similar to skull binding, similar to the beggars in the Oliver Twist story.)
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most- ... ype=answer
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Ada Blackjack - Inuit explorer (Robinson Crusoe parallel)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack
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Hilma af Klint: Pioneer of Abstract Art
https://awomensthing.org/blog/hilma-af-klint/
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History of lighters (for some reason I was thinking the patent for Zippo lighters was from the 1800s, though it's from the 1930s. The only thing even close to it was from the 1920s (unless you go much further back in time a century earlier. . .)
https://www.toledo-bend.us/VCL/articles ... terHistory
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner lighter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6bereiner%27s_lamp
Basically sulfuric acid is introduced to zinc alloy where it converts into hydrogen gas, which when compressed and released into the outer air (caught into tuft of wool where it circulates around the center) containing oxygen, will combust, starting a short fire that ignites at the center. Occassionally, these were known to explode (unsurprisingly.) so very few examples of this technology remains, in addition to how unlikely it is that people even know it exists.
If you search for this, this is the only video that demonstrates it. . .
Döbereiner's lamp
The German's sure did love their hydrogen gas?
Also, Hydrogen powered engines are from the early 1830s, and predate both electric and catalytic converters, and diesel, and it in fact is one of the earliest gases to be used for many technologies (mostly from alchemical experiments that would eventually lead to scientific study.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_ ... chnologies
Most of the video results came up with carbide lighters (used by cave miners because it was considered less dangerous than alternatives.)
(half way in he get's it to work after soaking a piece in hydrochloric acid.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp
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Letter published in NY Tribune newspaper, in 1864, of a former slave to his master.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Anderson
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Watching Oppenheimer and started wondering about the amount of incendiary bombs dropped on Japan prior to the nuclear weapons, and it was 1700 tons.
When looking at the weapon's proliferation after the war, it get's really disturbing (if the amount of damage during the entirety of WW2 was barely even noticeable on the scale afterward, it's important to remember the destruction of Dresden as well, but also the comparative damage of the Japanese. Had the population increased to where it was decades later, the total number of deaths would have been much higher. The fact that humanity hasn't wiped itself out is kind of remarkable.
Chart of how many megatons existed over the decades (and you can tell Russia is just barely keeping above the USA.)
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/esti ... rst-strike
Dresden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden
The part that's left out of the Oppenheimer movie, is that a third bomb that wasn't yet prepared for dropping on Japan, was kept aside for experiments, called the 'Demon Core' experiment, after it had a nasty reputation for people fucking with critical mass.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
Some of the background of the nuclear weapon, indicates that Russia had been acquiring background info on the project.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man
Spies Who Spilled Atomic Bomb Secrets
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 127922660/
8 Spies Who Leaked Atomic Bomb Intelligence to the Soviets
https://www.history.com/articles/atomic ... viet-spies
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soghomon_Tehlirian
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Rat children of Pakistan (artificial microcephaly, similar to skull binding, similar to the beggars in the Oliver Twist story.)
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most- ... ype=answer
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Ada Blackjack - Inuit explorer (Robinson Crusoe parallel)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack
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Hilma af Klint: Pioneer of Abstract Art
https://awomensthing.org/blog/hilma-af-klint/
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History of lighters (for some reason I was thinking the patent for Zippo lighters was from the 1800s, though it's from the 1930s. The only thing even close to it was from the 1920s (unless you go much further back in time a century earlier. . .)
https://www.toledo-bend.us/VCL/articles ... terHistory
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner lighter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6bereiner%27s_lamp
Basically sulfuric acid is introduced to zinc alloy where it converts into hydrogen gas, which when compressed and released into the outer air (caught into tuft of wool where it circulates around the center) containing oxygen, will combust, starting a short fire that ignites at the center. Occassionally, these were known to explode (unsurprisingly.) so very few examples of this technology remains, in addition to how unlikely it is that people even know it exists.
If you search for this, this is the only video that demonstrates it. . .
Döbereiner's lamp
The German's sure did love their hydrogen gas?
Also, Hydrogen powered engines are from the early 1830s, and predate both electric and catalytic converters, and diesel, and it in fact is one of the earliest gases to be used for many technologies (mostly from alchemical experiments that would eventually lead to scientific study.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_ ... chnologies
Most of the video results came up with carbide lighters (used by cave miners because it was considered less dangerous than alternatives.)
(half way in he get's it to work after soaking a piece in hydrochloric acid.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp
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Letter published in NY Tribune newspaper, in 1864, of a former slave to his master.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Anderson
********************************************
Watching Oppenheimer and started wondering about the amount of incendiary bombs dropped on Japan prior to the nuclear weapons, and it was 1700 tons.
When looking at the weapon's proliferation after the war, it get's really disturbing (if the amount of damage during the entirety of WW2 was barely even noticeable on the scale afterward, it's important to remember the destruction of Dresden as well, but also the comparative damage of the Japanese. Had the population increased to where it was decades later, the total number of deaths would have been much higher. The fact that humanity hasn't wiped itself out is kind of remarkable.
Chart of how many megatons existed over the decades (and you can tell Russia is just barely keeping above the USA.)
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/esti ... rst-strike
Dresden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden
The part that's left out of the Oppenheimer movie, is that a third bomb that wasn't yet prepared for dropping on Japan, was kept aside for experiments, called the 'Demon Core' experiment, after it had a nasty reputation for people fucking with critical mass.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
Some of the background of the nuclear weapon, indicates that Russia had been acquiring background info on the project.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man
Spies Who Spilled Atomic Bomb Secrets
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 127922660/
8 Spies Who Leaked Atomic Bomb Intelligence to the Soviets
https://www.history.com/articles/atomic ... viet-spies