The Red Violin
The Red Violin (French: Le Violon Rouge) is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries…
Paul Panda Farnana
Paul Panda Farnana was born in Zemba-lez-Moanda, Bas-Congo Province, Congo Free State in 1888. He was the son of Luizi Fernando, a government-appointed chief, and a woman named N'Sengo. A…
It’s not yee old it’s the old: the þ in old English
Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle…
When a Wikipedia Editor Dies
“we always argued about slugs, i’ll miss you” 🥹🥹🥹
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One between 1971 and 1978, and revived sporadically by the BBC since…
Ben Gurion Canal Project
The Ben Gurion Canal Project is a proposed canal project through the state of Israel. It would connect the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea. David Ben Gurion, for…
Chants of Sennaar
Chants of Sennaar is a 2023 adventure video game developed by Rundisc and published by Focus Entertainment. Players solve puzzles and minigames to translate fictional languages.
Gnosticism
Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized:gnōstikós, Koine Greek:, 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early…
Pepper’s ghost – Wikipedia
Pepper’s ghost is an illusion technique used in the theatre, cinema, amusement parks, museums, television, and concerts. It is named after the English scientist John Henry Pepper (1821–1900) who began…
Mother’s Day Proclamation
Just a reminder that mother’s day started as a war protest