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Today I learned some strange things and I want to share them with you

ten Posts from

2023

  1. mexico • religion • astronomy • equinox • chichen-itza • maya • mesoamerica

    The descent of the snake

    An astronomical illusion at the Chichén Itzá. Read on…
  2. language • latin • stubbornness • religion • henry-viii • erasmus • neologisms

    Mumpsimus

    A useful nonsense-word of 16th-century origin. Read on…
  3. art • sculpture • italy • forgery • renaissance • jazz-age

    Alceo Dossena

    A sculptor and prolific forger. Read on…
  4. slavery • london • abolitionism • racism • politics

    Ignatius Sancho

    The first black person to vote in a British election. Read on…
  5. music • blues • usa • kenya • india • bollywood • ethnomusicology • alps

    Blue Yodel

    A strange bridge between musical traditions, from the Alps to Kenya. Read on…
  6. theatre • london • regency-era • clowns

    Joseph Grimaldi

    An actor who invented our idea of clowns, and the sadness behind them. Read on…
  7. religion • quakers • non-conformism • egalitarianism

    Shakers

    An 18th-century religious sect that anticipated modern design. Read on…
  8. history • china • beijing • greece • athens • cultural-vandalism • war

    The Elgins

    The cultural vandalism of father and son. Read on…
  9. wales • justice • traditions • cross-dressing • crime-and-punishment

    Ceffyl Pren

    Cross-dressing justice in Wales. Read on…
  10. volcanoes • geography • italy • naples • campania

    Monte Nuovo

    A brand-new mountain and its influence on science. Read on…