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In 1625 Charles I came to the English throne, succeeding his staunchly prerogative father, James I. Over the next 17 years, after instigating wars with Ireland and Scotland, levying taxes on the English without Parliament's consent, having capriciously disbanded this elected body, and imbuing ...
Anime fans may know by heart the names of their favorite characters or even theme songs, but how much do they know about Japanese culture? There are many mistakes visitors from the West or any country can make when travelling to Japan. Perhaps it is not too surprising that many anime fans...
The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real...
There is a Dale Mabry Elementary school named after him in Tampa. Dale Mabry's brother, Giddings Eldon Mabry, came to Tampa in 1901 and started a private law practice. He was later joined by Doyle E. Carlton and Judge OK Reaves. Carlton would become Governor of Florida during the Great ...
History, however, can sometimes mislead us into false perceptions. D-Day might have failed for any number of valid reasons. One of its perceptions is that it was always destined to succeed; yet what is rarely ever discussed or written about is the compelling possibility that D-Day might actu...
2017 is the year when crypto/blockchain entered the frenzy phase. Over $3.7bn was raised by various crypto teams/projects to build out the infrastructure of Internet 3.0 (the decentralized Internet). To put that number into context, that is about equal to the total seed/angel investment in ...