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Long-lost shipwreck found off Victorian coast, seventy-seven years after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine in WWII ~humanities.history Article 565 words 4 votes
Gentleman Jack’s hidden history: A new HBO series tells the story of Anne Lister, "the first modern lesbian" ~lgbt history Article 883 words, published Apr 19 2019 7 votes
Biosphere 2 - The lost history of one of the world’s strangest science experiments ~science Article 2033 words, published Mar 29 2019 13 votes
The source code for all Infocom text adventures/interactive fiction is now on Github ~comp Link 8 votes
Triumph of the will and the cinematic language of propaganda ~movies Video 18:16, published Feb 10 2017 7 votes
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The rapid rise and slow fall of the Microsoft web browser ~tech microsoft browsers.web Article 990 words 6 votes
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