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Winston Churchill wasn’t just the guy with the bowler hat and serious war speeches. Sure, he helped lead Britain through World War II — but let’s be honest, he was also a total character. From working in bed to snarking at his enemies with surgical precision, Churchill lived like a man who truly didn’t care what anyone thought.
By Esovrukave7 months ago in History
Xolotl: The Dog God of the Aztec Underworld
A Shadow in the Twilight In the depths of Aztec mythology, a figure is cloaked in mystery amid the gods of the sun, rain, war, and death. Unlike the shining warriors and celestial kings, he is a god, a companion of the dead, and a guide through the shadows. Half-man, half-dog, he is the guardian of twilight.
By The Secret History Of The World7 months ago in History
Natural Gas, WTI Oil, Brent Oil Forecasts – Oil Soars 5% As Trump Demands Iran’s Surrender.
**Natural Gas, WTI Oil, Brent Oil Forecasts – Oil Soars 5% As Trump Demands Iran’s Surrender** Oil prices skyrocketed by more than 5% as Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions escalated, causing a significant shift in global energy markets. The dramatic rise was as a result of the former U.S. President Donald Trump’s strong rhetoric against Iran, demanding what he called the regime’s “complete and unconditional surrender.” West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude prices shot up as traders quickly reacted to the news, reviving the debate about supply risks and long-term price stability. WTI crude oil prices surged past the \$81 per barrel mark, while Brent crude crossed \$85, marking one of the most significant single-day increases in recent months. Natural gas also rose by nearly 2%, though it did so at a slower rate than the oil benchmarks. Geopolitical risk premiums were largely responsible for the rally because market participants had priced in the possibility of oil flows from the region being disrupted. Iran is an important OPEC member that has a lot of influence over the Strait of Hormuz, which is a crucial chokepoint for shipping oil around the world. Trump’s remarks, made during a press event and widely broadcast across global media, sent a clear message to Tehran. Framing Iran as a destabilizing force, he called for the international community to back what he termed a final effort to "remove the threat of terrorism and nuclear ambition from the region." Even though Trump is not in office right now, his statements are important, especially to right-wing leaders and Washington policymakers. As the 2024 U.S. presidential election cycle continues, energy traders are increasingly paying attention to how foreign policy rhetoric might influence market behavior.
By GLOBAL NEWS7 months ago in History
🎭Sanxingdui Mask and the Lost Civilization of Shu in Ancient China
🪨 The Earth Opens – A Discovery Beneath Sichuan's Soil In the summer of 1929, the course of Chinese archaeology was forever altered when a humble farmer named Yan Daocheng, while digging an irrigation trench near the small village of Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan Province, struck something solid just beneath the surface. What emerged was not stone or wood but smooth, polished jade—an intricately carved object unlike anything local villagers had seen. The discovery passed quietly at first, filed away as a strange curiosity. But it hinted at something enormous and long-buried under the rolling plains of western China.
By Kek Viktor7 months ago in History
UK Travel Firm Collapses
A major travel company in the United Kingdom has collapsed, leaving thousands of people without their holidays and many travelers stuck abroad. The sudden closure shocked customers and the travel industry. This collapse has raised questions about how safe it is to book holidays with smaller travel firms and what protections travelers really have.
By Farhan Sayed7 months ago in History
🌍Ancient Mystery of the Costa Rica’s Giant Stone Spheres
Hidden beneath the dense canopy of Costa Rica’s southern jungles, scattered across ancient settlements, plantations, and riverbanks, are objects so precise and enigmatic that they’ve stirred the imagination of archaeologists and adventurers alike for nearly a century. These are the Diquís Spheres—massive stone balls, some nearly perfect in their roundness, weighing up to 15 tons and measuring over 2 meters (6.5 feet) in diameter.
By Kek Viktor7 months ago in History
Oil price rise risks adverse shock to global economy business live
The global economy may be adversely affected by the rise in oil prices. Economists, policymakers, and financial markets have been concerned about the potential for economic disruptions as a result of energy cost inflation since the recent rise in global oil prices. The threat of a new negative shock to the global economy, which could derail the fragile recovery from the pandemic and exacerbate inflationary pressures in both developed and emerging markets, looms large as oil continues to trade above $90 per barrel. Oil prices are expected to rise in 2025 as a result of a number of factors. The ongoing tensions in the Middle East and supply disruptions in nations such as Venezuela and Libya are key examples of geopolitical instability. Crude benchmarks have risen as a result of tightening global supply caused by these developments. Simultaneously, strong demand from growing Asian economies, particularly China and India, has placed additional upward pressure on prices, as industrial production and transportation fuel consumption rebound.
By GLOBAL NEWS7 months ago in History
⚡The Baghdad Battery: an ancient jar generated electrocity
In the dusty heart of Iraq, not far from the site of the ancient city of Ctesiphon, a strange and controversial artifact was uncovered in the 1930s that would go on to stir decades of debate in archaeological and scientific circles. This small, unadorned object—a clay vessel with a copper cylinder and an iron rod—would become known as the Baghdad Battery, a name that would electrify imaginations around the world. The artifact was discovered during excavations at Khujut Rabu, a village near Baghdad, and was eventually examined by Wilhelm König, an Austrian archaeologist who was at the time the director of the National Museum of Iraq. König believed that the object, which dated to roughly between 250 BCE and 250 CE, may have been used as a kind of galvanic cell—a primitive battery that could generate electrical current.
By Kek Viktor8 months ago in History
Galvarino: Eclipse of the soul
Galvarino: Eclipse of the Soul There was a peculiar calm in the air. Even the chattering sparrows had fallen silent. A deer crouched beneath a quiet brook, even the river seemed suddenly frozen. The three men hunting noticed the animal’s stillness, and then they too felt a sweeping blankness, a reverent silence pass over them. Mirroring the shadow that dimmed the light of the sun.
By Empty Poetry and Verse8 months ago in History
