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<strong>10 weird things about English</strong>

"In this video, I run through 10 aspects of English that make it bizarre in comparison with other languages. These include its "meaningless do", dreadful spellings, odd use of tenses, missing pronouns and the strange array of sounds in English."

length: twenty one minutes and thirty seven seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=6lhxxiqqlQ

@linguistics

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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

<strong>How To Read ANY book in Just 7 Days</strong>

"_In this video I show you how to read any book in just one week. I then go on to give you some of my best reading tips to helped you stay focused and actually accomplish your reading goals._"

length: nine minutes and forty seven seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=_brZLPDqC1

@bookstodon

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<strong>Shakespeare and Language: A Reading List</strong>

length: three minutes.

youtube.com/watch?v=s6HNeiNYMu

@literature @bookstodon

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<strong>The Most Misunderstood Parable of Jesus</strong>

"_The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous parables of Jesus. But people have been misinterpreting it for centuries._"

length: youtube.com/watch?v=S0YyC4lEIB

@religion

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<strong>When Fake Archaeology Uses Fake Science </strong>

"_Dr. M discusses common pseudoscientific arguments used to support pseudo archaeology._"

length: twenty one minutes and forty three seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=j0OMxE_D1p

@archaeodons @science

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<strong>The Absolute BEST Way to Use a Notebook</strong>

"_In this video I show you the very best way to use a notebook... well, I help you decide which notebook method is best for you buy giving you helpful criteria and showing you all the different notebooks I keep._"

length: twenty four minutes and fifty one seconds

youtube.com/watch?v=4PN8DSd1hq

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<strong>"_In this video we will take a look at 5 classic non-fiction books from the 19th century and earlier._"</strong>

length: thirty six minutes and eight seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=uvg2nHl2sF

@bookstodon

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<strong>Britain in Palestine 1917-1948</strong>

"_Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of Palestine and Israel can be traced back to this period, making it essential viewing for understanding Britain’s legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today._"

length: eighteen minutes and thrity seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLTc6Rk

@histodon @histodons

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<strong>The Origins of Hebrew</strong>

"_This episode examines the origins of Hebrew and its relationship with Canaanite dialects in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. The episode will explore archaeological artifacts such as an inscription from Izbet Sarteh in Israel, which may be one of the earliest inscriptions of the Hebrew language._"

length: ten mintues and fifty nine seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=vKQ5280A2m

@archaeodons

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<strong>Napoleon's Nazi Funeral</strong>

"_One dark and snowy night in December 1940 in German-occupied Paris, a strange funeral took place when German soldiers carried the coffin of Emperor Napoleon II into Les Invalides. Why was a Napoleon receiving a Nazi funeral?_"

length: ten minutes and three seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=SuZcxQzPeF

@histodon @histodons

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<strong>The Lost Roman Legion | Possible Explanations</strong>

"_An exploration into the fate of the Legio IX Hispana and where exactly it drops out of the historical records._"

length: twenty three minutes and forty six seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=mLD6gwdcAz

@histodon @histodons @antiquidons

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[_I wonder if there is any relationship between the price of gold and monetary policy?_]

Why Gold Is More Valuable Than Ever Now

"WSJ breaks down the factors driving gold’s historic rise, and what makes it different from previous rallies."

length: five minutes and thirty three seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=SYu-xnjwN4

@economics

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From the manuscript to you: How Old Norse manuscripts are read and edited

"A case-study in how a page from an Old Norse manuscript (in this case the Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda) is edited for publication in a modern-day book. Manuscript images from the Árni Magnússon Institute at the University of Iceland (handrit.is)."

length: Thirty minutes and fifteen seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=N7KYyj8ed9

@poetry @medievodons

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What causes the aurora borealis?

length: fifty nine seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=ez7K0DCbOF

@science

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[_Not an entirely absurd proposition_]

‘Treat food companies like cigarette companies who are trying to get us addicted’

"Ultra-processed foods are designed to make us overeat and are causing both the obesity and mental health crises in the UK, says scientist and author Tim Spector."

length: eleven minutes and four seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=yWECK-3DN4

@science

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Why Nietzsche Misunderstood Dostoevsky

length: 17 minutes 50 seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=hAkhCS5k1k

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Could Northern Lights appear over the UK again tonight?

length: 1 minute 35 seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=U415iAfIkN

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🇺🇸 "Land Of Cotton - King Cotton's Slaves" 1936 Southern Tenant Sharecroppers Documentary XD49484

"This particular episode of the series takes an in depth look at the struggles of Black and white tenant sharecroppers and the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in Arkansas during the New Deal Years."

length: 8 minutes 25 seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=j_o38AGSx6

@histodon @histodons

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Why You Hate The Modern World | Kierkegaard's The Present Age

"Kierkegaard's "The Present Age" or "On The Present Age" is his attempt to make sense of the changing world of 19th century Denmark, and the dawn of what we would now call modernity. And In this brilliant piece Kierkegaard takes us through so many issues we now view as major and established - predicting them over 150 years ago. So here is his guide to why you hate the modern world."

length: 23 minutes 48 seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=w5cDW6R-wK

@philosophy

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The thing that ruined English spelling

"In this video, let's explore what the GVS was and why it screwed up English spelling forever."

length: 14 minutes 28 seconds.

youtube.com/watch?v=fmL6FClRC_

@linguistics

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