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8 hours ago · And if you want more … check out Stephen Bourne’s books on Black British people during the wars, and Catherine Johnson’s children’s historical fiction books. Brilliant Black British History by Atinuke, illustrated by Kingsley Nebechi and winner of The British Book Awards 2024 Children’s Non-Fiction Book of the Year, is out now ...
8 hours ago · Origin of the expression "The Storm Fiend" — Heading to Book II Chapter IX of Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus, 1898 illustration by E. J. Sullivan The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other ...
1 hour ago · These photos, provided by the National Parks Service, show Theodore Roosevelt's favorite pocket watch that was stolen in July 1987 while on display in Buffalo, NY. The watch turned up at an auction house and was returned this week to the Sagamore Hill national historic site in New York. (Jason Wickersty/National Park Service via AP)
8 hours ago · Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, June 29-30: Immerse yourself in living history with Buffalo Bill, June 29-30. See amazing trick shooting, expert horseback riding stunts, and so much more!
8 hours ago · The interesting quirk when calculating Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment is that only trailing 12-month CPI-W readings from the third quarter (July-September) are used in the calculation.
8 hours ago · The Taluka of Mahad and its surrounding village areas, in the Konkan region in India, is home to one of the most poisonous red scorpions (Mesobuthus tamulus) in the world. During the 1980s, if a person was stung by a scorpion in a rural village, they would not survive the night. At this time, most people living in villages of India had no cure for poisonous scorpion stings and died without ...
8 hours ago · Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is the most-awaited announcement each year for the program's beneficiaries. Following the May inflation report, Social Security's 2025 COLA is on ...
