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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

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17 Crazy Medical Treatments In History

A Brief History Of Medicine. Must have been HORRIBLE to have been a patient for these crazy treatments!

10 secrets of the Vatican exposed – CSglobe

Vatican City may have fewer than 1,000 citizens and spans only 110 acres, but it also has a multimillion-dollar budget and an unbelievably complex history. Understanding how it all works requires parsing through centuries of religious texts. Is the Vatican confusing and mysterious? Is the pope Catholic? A look behind the scenes:

Our World: Library’s photo.

Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side Winston Churchill was a journalist, essayist, author and novelist; a historian, biographer and renowned speaker. But now, the man praised by John F Kennedy for having “mobilised the English language and sent it into battle” has been revealed to be that most sensitive of all plants: a young […]

Janis Joplin’s photo

Today in Janis history: PEARL was released on Jan 11, 1971. Post your favorite song from PEARL to your profile today and let’s celebrate together!

Blondie on Merv Griffin, 1980

Another great piece of rock history from The Merv Griffin Show. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein adapt to the role of talk show guests with the ease of the cool New Yorkers they are. And this cements Merv’s place in the Hipster Hall Of Fame. Totally. It’s 1980 and Blondie has gone from Bowery punks […]

‘This Is Ska’: hi-energy documentary on Jamaican dance music from 1964

1964 documentary This Is Ska has been viewable on YouTube in chopped up form, but now you can watch all 40 minutes of this wonderful slice of musical history without missing a single beat. Skank God. Jamaican Ska – Byron Lee & The Dragonaires Sammy Dead-O – Eric ‘Monty’ Morris One Eyed Jack – Jimmy […]

Hollow Earth, Atlantis and Origin of Humans – Part One – Dawn Of The Gods (must see documentry)

Uploaded by MrealTv on Oct 23, 2011 Category: Education via Hollow Earth, Atlantis and Origin of Humans – Part One – Dawn Of The Gods (must see documentry).mp4 – YouTube. Humans still recognized that they’re a part of god on earth and nothing exists separately from god. They were conscious that if they were a […]

‘Horror Europa’: an excellent trawl through the history of European horror cinema

The Hallowe’en season seemed pretty drawn out this year. That’s fine with me though, ‘cos I love it! What other chance to do we get to celebrate all those freaky and ghoulish things we normally hide under our beds and in our broom cupboards? If you want to keep the chills running down the back […]

FFR UK shared a link via The Doors.

THE DOORS: Sex, Death and Poetry Bob Dylan was the first rocker ever to be accused of being a poet. Dylan passed the buck, electing Smokey Robinson as “America’s greatest living poet.” When Pink’s teacher catches him writing lyrics in the classroom in Pink Floyd’s The Wall, he dickishly asks, “What have we here, laddie? […]