Stuff You Missed in History Class
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The Rum Rebellion
The Rum Rebellion overthrew William Bligh, governor of New South Wales, in 1808. It was Australia’s only military coup and was only given that nickname much later.
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L.L. Zamenhof and the Hope of Esperanto
Esperanto was developed by a Jewish man living in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It’s a story linked to both persecution and profound hope.
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Zoë & Theodora, Byzantine Empresses
Over almost 30 years in 11th-century Constantinople, sometimes Zoë ruled alongside one of her husbands, sometimes she and Theodora ruled together, and in the end,…
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John Dalton’s Anomalous Color Vision
John Dalton is far more famous for his work in atomic theory. But he wrote one of the first thorough descriptions of what he called…