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Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast

@DoomsdayPodcast

Doomsday is a history lesson that disguises itself as a horror story. Come explore bizarre disasters from around the world at https://t.co/hzcjaQQDG8

Katılım Ekim 2016
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John LeFevre
John LeFevre@JohnLeFevre·
The social media era has erased 200,000 years of evolution. Instead of recognizing the danger and feeling the instinct for survival, they pulled out their phones for the Gram.
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Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx
The names of Canada's provinces and territories come from many sources. Some names come from Indigenous words, while others are named for royalty, and some are named for where settlers came from. This is how each province and territory was named! 🧵 1/15
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@CraigBaird In 1906, a man misfired a rifle into 3,000 lb of TNT on the deck of a river boat that killed and incinerated 21 cattle and created the greatest cattle-based pyrotechnics display the world had ever seen.
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Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx
Yukon: The territory is named for the Yukon River, which comes from the contraction (Ųųg Han) of the words in the Gwich'in phrase chųų gąįį han, which means "white water river". 🧵 14/15
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Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ): The name of the territory comes from the Inuktitut word for "Our Land". It was chosen during the process to create the territory with many local leaders like John Amagoalik advocating for the name. 🧵 12/15
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Prince Edward Island: Named Abegweit by the Mi'kmaq, meaning "land cradled on the waves", the French called it Île Saint-Jean meaning "St. John's Island". In 1798, the English named it for Prince Edward, who was the fourth son of King George III. 🧵 10/15
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Alberta: The province was named for the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. She was the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. Lake Louise in Banff National Park is also named for her. 🧵 3/15
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Chinese believed this was the Red Dragon of Heaven coming to take back the Fire stolen by man (meaning gunpowder) right before the Wanggongchang Armory in Beijing exploded. Up to 30,000 killed. Peers include Chicxulub and the Trinity test @darlasfunnyfarm/video/7571642012399684885?q=%40darlasfunnyfarm&t=1763004863056" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@darlasfunnyfa
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Wall Street Apes
Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·
American went to the beach in Florida to enjoy a relaxing day and look at the ocean There are now massive mobile ads on ships that go up and down the beach This should be illegal
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@brentmfmayfield Brent, awesome, thank you. I was actually talking to another listener from Louisiana and trying to figure out a good local disaster. It's on the list now. Thanks again, Brent. Nice work. I appreciate you.
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Joshua
Joshua@JPancakes90·
@Nexuist Meanwhile Midwesterners getting the mail in January
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andi (twocents.com)
andi (twocents.com)@Nexuist·
One of my favorite pictures ever. February 2014, Raleigh North Carolina, following 3.3 inches of snow
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