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Several villages were destroyed entirely by the Moscow tornado of 1904; in several others only a couple of houses were left standing
Archive · Geography · Moscow · Nature
The Moscow tornado of 16 June 1904, over 100 dead and Gilyarovsky's description
On 16 June 1904 a tornado struck Moscow; the force of the wind that day is estimated at 25 m/s, that is 9 on the 12-point Beaufort scale (or a storm). More than 100 people were killed that day and more than 800 were injured. Gilyarovsky described the
NB! · Books · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
a description of the English king George I (1660-1727) from a book by L. du Garde Peach
a description of the English king George I (1660-1727) from a book by L. du Garde Peach. For a long time it was believed that the odious Edward did not know English, apparently because he never addressed the people
NB! · Books · Observations · Humour
a little Ambrose Bierce never hurts
NB! · Art · Observations · Humour
It took me a while to notice that the men on the plate are kissing
NB! · Archaeology · Museums · Rome · Humour
Silver cup: "Drink until Emperor Hadrian swims out"
Science · Society
Athenian laws on tyranny and ostracism and the difference in how they worked
Athens had a rather cruel law against tyranny, under which a man who attempted to seize sole power, together with his entire family, was subjected to atimia. Atimia in the archaic sense meant the withdrawal of the state's protection, a declaration of outlawry, in effect a licence for
NB! · Archaeology · Archive · Museums · Society
Stele inscribed with a law against tyranny; in the upper part, the figure of Democracy crowning the people, 337 BC
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It Was Darwin Who Drew the Tortoise
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Heritage
Thirteenth-century pulpit on six lions in the eleventh-century cathedral of Sessa Aurunca, where Pope Leo IX is venerated
A 13th-century ambo on six lions in an 11th-century cathedral. It is curious that in this town, Sessa Aurunca, Pope Leo IX is venerated; it was three months after his death that the Schism of 1054 occurred.
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