#histodons — Public Fediverse posts

#TIL about how shitty history can be 😂

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_latrine_disaster

#History #Histodon #Histodons

High atop Yellowstone’s wilderness, 22-year-old Austin King conquered Eagle Peak in a brutal storm, left a chilling note in the summit log—and vanished into thin air. Dive into the intense search, unyielding family quest, and lingering mysteries of one of Yellowstone’s most baffling disappearances!

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/austin-king-disappearance

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

At the ninth hour, then shall you rejoice when a fragment's front and back texts both appear in a single Franciscan office instead of being weirdly separated days as in the rest of the world.... NAILED IT!!!

#liturgy #fragments #medieval #histodons #GreatDay

He dictated a mathematical paper a week while blind, with a child on his knee and a cat on his shoulders. When two students disagreed at the fiftieth decimal place, he ran the sum in his head. Frederick the Great called Leonhard Euler his Cyclops.

https://oddlet.com/p/cct

#Histodons #HistSci #SciComm #History #SmallStories

#OTD (Nov 09)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#EastHarlem #Chicago #Brooklyn #Illinois #EndicottNY #Cleveland #ToledoOH #RochesterNY #YoungstownOH #Bronx #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Bisher völlig unbekannt: der zu Tode verurteilte tschechische Parteiführer Kramář schrieb #Ministerpraesident Clam-Martinic 1917 einen Brief aus der Haft. Er kann als verklausuliertes Gnadengesuch gelesen werden.
Quelle: Archiv Burg #Clam

#histodon #histodons #histodonsDE #history #Geschichte #government #Habsburgermonarchie #Ministerrat #politischeGeschichte #Mediengeschichte #ersterWeltkrieg #1WK

Last Week in BigSky Treasure

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Before Lewis and Clark missed it, a massive tower built from thousands of interlocked elk antlers stood along the Missouri River. Who built this mysterious landmark, why was it hidden, and how did fur traders make it vanish around 1850? Read to uncover Montana’s lost prairie enigma!

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/the-mysterious-case-of-the-elk-horn-monument

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Happy 137th Birthday Montana!!

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Miles from the Soho cholera outbreak of 1854, the only death in Hampstead was a widow who had loved the water at a Broad Street pump so much she had it carted up daily. She was Susannah Eley, the pump's furthest victim.

https://oddlet.com/p/g97

#Histodons #HistSci #SciComm #History #SmallStories

#OTD (Nov 08)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#NewOrleans #Brooklyn #Dallas #NiagaraFallsNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

I may have neglected to post the last Mystery Coin here to guess before publishing the post - but do subscribe to the newsletter and get in your guesses for next fortnight's before I forget to do that one too!

BUT I do have something for you - I wrote another new post - this time, exploring angels, and the various bibles (including answering questions like "What is the apocrypha" and "What is the Sptuagint"): https://coinofnote.com/archangel-raphael-medallion/

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Medallion #MedalMonday #SaturdayNightCoinShow #MondayMedal #Bible #BibleStudy #Angel #Angel #ArchAngel #Christian #Catholic #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

Nobody was quite like Bob Hope when it came to entertaining the troops. "Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWI" explores legendary entertainer Bob Hope’s contribution in World War II and the incredible miles his troupe logged in the middle of a world war to entertain Americans fighting in Europe and the Pacific and on the home front. New at Journeys in Film! 1/2 👇

@histodons

#Education #Homeschooling #Histodons #History #WWII #WWIIHistory #USHistory #BobHope #Movies #Documentary

Gold, grit, and split decisions! Discover how wild frontier mining camps transformed Montana into a pioneer hotbed for modern divorce law.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/divorce-in-montana

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

He tiled the beds, the flower pots, the carriage clock, the radio, his wife's sewing machine. Over 24 years he used fifteen tonnes of broken crockery. When Raymond Isidore finally stopped in 1962, there was nothing left in his house to cover.

https://oddlet.com/p/pw8

#Histodons #HistSci #SciComm #History #SmallStories

#OTD (Nov 07)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#BridgeportCT #WethersfieldCT #Brooklyn #MadisonWI #Miami #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

My next book, Daring and Determined, is available for pre-order. Links here: https://russellphillips.uk/books/daring-and-determined/

This book tells the story of the first British use of paratroopers during the Second World War.

#histodons #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #FediBookFair #WorldAltTextChampionshipEntry

It's #FediBookFair this weekend, and to mark the fair, I'm offering 20% off all my books when bought direct (all formats). To get the discount, use code Fedi20 at checkout.

https://shop.russellphillips.uk/

#ColdWar #histodons #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #history #TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #NotDnD