The Great Movements In History

in 1718, the navy brought down the pirate known as Blackbeard. A British naval lieutenant, Robert Maynard, had tracked him down to Ocracoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina.

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Expressive Underwater Photos Inspired by the Grandeur of Baroque Paintings This photographer’s underwater compositions recall the raw energy, movement, and drama found in Baroque paintings.

Fear is Contagious and You Can Catch it From a Robot In a recent study, participants held robots which simulated breathing. When the robot "hyperventilated" participants felt fear.

🕰️ OTD in 1900: The composer Arthur Sullivan died aged 58.

Together with dramatist W. S. Gilbert, Sullivan produced 14 operettas including The Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore, as well as many other musical works. Their best known song, 'I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General', has been referenced and parodied throughout popular culture - you might know it better as Tom Lehrer's 'Elements Song' or from its appearance in The Muppet Show and even Family Guy.

Though he originally made arrangements to be buried in Brompton Cemetery with his parents and brother, Sullivan was laid to rest in the Crypt by order of the Queen.

Stolen 18th-Century Painting of St. Francis of Assisi Is Returned to Mexican Church

Rulers of the Upper Realm, Thunderbirds Are Powerful Native Spirits Also known as Thunderers or Thunderbeings, the bird-like spirits' particular attributes and stories can vary by tribe and even family line.

“After that, the conchshells, drums, bugles, trumpets and horns were all suddenly sounded, and the combined sound was tumultuous.”
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Chapter: Arjuna Visada Yoga

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20 November 869- Edmund of East Anglia, was martyred by Vikings.