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WW2 Japan's White Soldiers

"In World War II, the Germans used some Asian soldiers, but did the Japanese employ any Caucasians in its army? Find out the full story here."

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Hitler's Asians - The Turkestan Legion

"The Germans recruited widely, but one of the most exotic units they created was the Turkestan Legion, made up Turkic-speaking men from Central Asia."

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"On this day in 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died. Here is a British Movietone report with highlights of his life"

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"Portland Community College physics professor Toby Dittrich plans to perform a modern version of the Eddington experiment during the eclipse.

The original experiment was first done during the 1919 total solar eclipse by a team of scientists off the coast of Africa that tested Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity." youtu.be/dgIxPEP4xxs @science @physics @astronomy

"What language was the Bible written in? Specifically, what was the original language of the New Testament? While the broad concensus is that it was Greek, some have hypthosized that Syriac/Aramaic was the language of the original text. What do the experts say?" youtu.be/rxq6OGPTMPQ @religion

"A news report in 1965 looked at 'programmed learning machines' which aimed to utilise technology and assist individual learning." youtu.be/he3SJVUqE_o

"Playing notes on her piano, she demonstrates for Steve why whole numbers sound pleasing, why octaves are mathematically imperfect, and how math underlies musical composition. Sarah, a professor at the University of London and Gresham College, also talks with Steve about the gender gap in mathematics and why being interested in everything can be a problem." youtu.be/6InOvMbc4e0

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 "This film examines why no political party wants to talk about it, why Brexit remains the elephant in the room for British business and how it could actually work better". youtu.be/x-7rDYo3FR4

"Prominent atheists insist that the Roman emperor Constantine never really converted to Christianity, pretended to adopt the faith as a political ploy and created the Bible at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. And all these claims are total garbage." youtu.be/3HBv_X6k35g @histodon @histodons @religion

"Making use of the most up-to-date photographic equipment at the time, Lohmeyer’s project was a meticulously planned PR campaign. Its goal? A celebration of colonialism and empire." youtu.be/rpZztZkscFA @histodon @histodons

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