Martin TenBones
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Consistency is boring? Not if you're a Chelsea fan. Arsenal can only wish to be that boring. @JamesDallESPN's W2W4. es.pn/2imQjcL

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Between the 11th and 15th centuries, cities on Africa’s east coast built entire urban centers from fossilized coral. Multi-story houses, mosques, drainage systems. Towns like Gede (Kenya) and Kilwa Kisiwani (Tanzania). In 1331, Ibn Battuta described Kilwa as among the most beautiful and most elegantly built cities he had ever seen. When Portuguese colonizers arrived, they didn’t build on this tradition. They disrupted it. Today the same coastline builds with imported cement that cracks in salt air, while the coral ruins still stand.
Ramin Nasibov@RaminNasibov
What historical fact sounds fake but is true?
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When Europeans first encountered Great Zimbabwe in the 1870s, they refused to believe it was built by indigenous Africans and attributed it to Phoenicians, Arabs, or even the biblical Queen of Sheba. The colonial government of Rhodesia actively suppressed archaeological evidence that contradicted this, and archaeologists who concluded that Africans built it faced professional consequences.
The dry-stone construction without mortar is also confirmed, over 900 years old still standing, built entirely from locally quarried granite shaped and stacked without binding material.
Ramin Nasibov@RaminNasibov
What historical fact sounds fake but is true?
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Yet, some believe their dementia ridden grandparents, who worked emakhitshini for whites their entire lives, think apartheid was better. A master-servant relationship is all they know. Every other month being given old clothes was a sign of how merciful their master was.
History ZAR@HistorySAZAR
"There is no place for the Bantu, above the level of certain forms of labour." - Dr Verwoerd. Credit: Apartheid (docuseries)
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Winston Churchill, even though he is hailed as a hero of World War Two, he was a war criminal in India where he orchestrated the murder of millions of Indians in the Bengal famine.
Celebrity Tailor@KLASSIQTUNEZ
Who is a historical figure that is constantly romanticized but was actually an absolute nightmare? 📜🚩
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@SCalgaze @thereal_sog @TrollFootball @CharlesSammy8 STFU. You're not even American.
Fucking Niggers
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