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Mencius (2016) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | tags: mencius, 2016, film

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Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-18 | get Ancient DNA Testing Kit → | tags: yersinia pestis, ancient dna, lake baikal

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Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Airfield Model Kit → | tags: abandoned airfields, paul freeman, lightbox

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El Niño is here—and it will ‘pour fuel on the fire of a warming world’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-11 | get NOAA Weather Radio → | tags: administration, administration historic, atmospheric

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Wikipedia just launched its daily historical facts game on iPhone: Which came first? (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-11 | by Zac Hall | get Which Came First?" Trivia Game → | tags: came, came game, game

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Did Claude increase bugs in rsync? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-05 | tags: bugs, claude, commits

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Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-01 | get Silver Vine Cat Toy → | tags: silver vine, catnip, prehistoric mining

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Letter from the Duke of Wellington to the British Foreign Office (1809) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | get Historical Document Replica → | tags: duke of wellington, british foreign office, 1809

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A letter from the Duke of Wellington to the British Foreign Office (1809) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | get Historical Document Replica → | tags: duke of wellington, british foreign office, 1809

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Why is it called Kent House? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | tags: kent house, historical building, london

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SpaceX and Google Are in Talks to Launch Data Centers in Orbit (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-12 | get Starlink Satellite Internet Kit → | tags: ahead, ahead historic, boost

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Prehistoric Artificial Islands Beneath Scottish Waters Are Finally Giving Up Their Secrets (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-06 | get Scottish Underwater Drone → | tags: prehistoric islands, scottish waters, crannogs

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This High-Altitude Cave Drew Humans for Thousands of Years—and These Green Rocks Explain Why (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-05 | get Green Fluorite Crystal Set → | tags: high-altitude, prehistoric, green rocks

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New Research Shows How the Earliest Humans Got Their Meat (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-04 | tags: early humans, meat, prehistoric diet

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Lost Copy of the Oldest-Known English Poem Discovered in a Rome Library (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Ancient Manuscript Replica Kit → | tags: english language, rome library, old english poem

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New Digital Tool Lets You See Where Your Backyard Was Millions of Years Ago (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-29 | get Ancient Earth Geological Map → | tags: paleolatitude, earth history, latitude changes

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Hacktivists share a guide on making working electronics PCBs made from natural clay with prehistoric technique — ethical hardware tutorial explains how to find clay, stamp 3D printed circuits, paint traces, and fire tablets (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Mark Tyson | tags: feminist hacking, clay pcbs, prehistoric firing

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Machine Learning Reveals Unknown Transient Phenomena in Historic Images (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get AI Image Analysis Software → | tags: machine learning, transient phenomena, historic images

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Show HN: Built a daily game where you sort historical events chronologically (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | get History Puzzle Board Game → | tags: show hn, historical events, daily game

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DNA Study Casts Even More Doubt on Shroud of Turin’s True Origin (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-01 | get DNA Testing Kit → | tags: shroud of turin, dna study, historical record

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Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-01 | get Neanderthal Stone Tools → | tags: neanderthals, 350k years, prehistoric

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Ötzi the Iceman's DNA Reveals a Living Relative 5k Years Later (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-28 | by Courtney Eberhard | get DNA Testing Kit → | tags: öztal alps, mitochondrial dna, familytreedna

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King Harold’s Legendary 200-Mile March ‘Never Happened,’ Study Suggests (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-23 | get Historical March Simulation Kit → | tags: king harold, 200-mile march, military strategy

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Theodosian Land Walls of Constantinople (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | tags: constantinople, theodosian land walls, byzantine

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Archaeologists Unearth 43,000 Ancient Egyptian Receipts, Notes, and ‘To Do’ Lists (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-16 | get Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Scroll → | tags: ancient egypt, archaeological excavation, egyptian artifacts

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Urea prices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | get Nitrogen fertilizer → | tags: benchmark, benchmark market, chart

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Humans Sketched Oddly Precise Geometric Patterns Onto Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-26 | get Geometric Patterns → | tags: geometric, geometric rules, humans

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What is happening to writing? Cognitive debt, Claude Code, the space around AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-18 | by Benjamin Breen | get Cognitive Debt → | tags: code, good, historical

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Brutalist Southbank Centre Listed (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-10 | by Richard Waite | get The National Theatre → | tags: centre, heritage, historic

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NASA’s Artemis 2 Is Sending Some Legendary Artifacts Around the Moon (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-22 | get Moon Rocks → | tags: artemis, artemis astronauts, astronauts