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Members of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment decorated their planes with flowers ... and dropped 23,000 tons of bombs. Via Joy Kinley
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May 17, 2016 2:41 PM
It is unimaginable to think that any pilot would be expected to fly multiple missions at night in a plane made of wood. Not only did these women do this, they were among the most feared pilots of WWII.
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Medieval surnames had a far more important meaning attached to them in Medieval England than perhaps they do now when we effectively inherit our surname. Medieval names usually meant something and below are some of the more common surnames found in Medieval England and their meaning. Ashdown Dweller on ash-tree hill Baker Maker of bread …
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“The word "ghetto" is derived from a community in Venice, Italy, where Jewish people were forced to live five centuries ago. ”
In preparation for the 500th anniversary of Italy's Venetian Ghetto, Ziyah Gafic scoured the 7-acre-wide part of the Cannaregio district where, for centuries, Jews were forced to live. But all he found was an overwhelming silence -- an element that became central to the photographs he made there. Via Seth Dixon
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February 29, 2016 3:44 PM
No additional insight to add. except ... Wondering that if such a community had never been established perhaps the world "ghetto" would not be in our vocabulary. 
Brandon Whitley's curator insight,
March 10, 2016 9:58 AM
my opinion on this cultural event is that people have there traditions and they do what they have to do to keep them alive and to keep there gods happy.
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Emily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches a stunning conclusion: Everything we know about the spread of HIV on the continent is wrong.
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With streams and rivers drying up because of over-usage, Rob Harmon talks about a clever market mechanism to bring back the water. Farmers and beer companies find their fates intertwined in the century-old tale of Prickly Pear Creek.
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Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world.
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“Our jobs have become prisons from which we don’t want to escape”
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Life in the new tech workplace is suspiciously like life in the old sweatshop.
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Why do people spend so many hours per day worrying, daydreaming, or focusing on anything but the present?
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As demand for African and Asian tree-based superfoods grows, researchers and entrepreneurs eye ways to maximize benefits for the environment.
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Christopher Cullen, Director of the Needham Institute at Cambridge, watches a craftsman demonstrating the early method of making gunpowder in China Al
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Rich parents are making decisions that have sweeping consequences for America.
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Despite an urban development explosion, the country hasn't developed a taste for skyscrapers and tall building.
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The process of making orange juice on a humongous scale. The Americans drink so much of the stuff I'm surprised they still have any left for export.
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The ancient history of the potato could change the story of civilization
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http://thefilmarchive.org/ George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880 -- October 16, 1959) was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army
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The birth of highways nearly fifty years ago reshaped our communities. People no longer had to live in the busy cities and moved to the newly created suburbs. This has changed the way we live and the way we travel. We tracked the car journeys of everyone living in a small cul-de-sac in Colleyville, Texas for a week. We can see how the car has become a necessity of suburban life.
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Researchers drop in. They take specimens. And they head home and don't share. That's no way to fight an epidemic. Can they do things differently when it comes to Zika?
