Hoxton, London, 1950s #history

Kim Jong Un with his first teacher, 1990. #history

A photograph of a page from a book: 'Having given his orders about the body, Kameyama returned to his company and started to organise men for a frontal attack from the newly captured Jail Hill across to Detail Hill. He wondered about the strain on the younger ones, the replacements drafted in since China. To relieve the tension he formed them up and made a short speech. "You see," I said to my soldiers, "keep your heads, keep cool. If you want to find out just how cool you are feeling put your hands inside your trousers and feel your penis - if it is hanging down it is...'

A photograph of a page from a book: 'good." I tested mine but it was shrunk up so hard I could hardly grasp it. More than thirty soldiers did the same thing, then looked at me curiously, but I kept a poker face. I said, "Well mine's down all right. If yours is shrunk up it's because you're scared." Then a young soldier said to me: "Sir, I can't find mine at all. What's happening to it?" With this everyone burst out laughing and I knew I had got the confidence of the men.'

Sometimes, leadership in battle is about courage under fire, or setting an inspiring example.

Other times, it's about grabbing your penis and telling your men to do the same.

From Fergal Keane's 'Road of Bones', about the battle of Kohima.

Rousing stuff 🤣🍆

Im jealous it looks beautiful 😍

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12. The Gate of All Nations, Iran

Its construction was ordered by the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (486–465 BC), the successor of the founder of Persepolis, Darius I the Great.

The name of the monument was derived from an inscription engraved on the gate.

11. Göbekli Tepe, Turkey

This Neolithic archaeological site is considered to be the oldest structure in the world made by humans that’s still standing today.

It was built in 9500 B.C, which makes it twice as old as Stonehenge.

10. Aqueduct of Segovia

Built around the first century AD and consisting of over 25,000 granite blocks held together without mortar, the aqueduct is undoubtedly one of the best-preserved works of Roman engineering in the world.

9. Trajan’s Market, Rome

Constructed around 110 AD by Apollodorus of Damascus, it is considered the oldest shopping mall in the world.

8. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Listed by Guinness World Records as the largest religious structure on Earth, the temple is surrounded by a vast artificial moat 190 meters wide, which forms a rectangle 1.5 kilometers long and 1.3 kilometers wide.

7. Tomb of Agamemnon

Also known as the Treasury of Atreus, this massive tholos tomb was constructed between 1300 and 1250 BC in Mycenae, Greece.

6. Roman Baths, Bath, England

These well-preserved thermae — designed for public bathing — were used until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th century AD.

5. Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt

Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I (reigned 1971–1926 BC) in the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000–1700 BC) and continued into the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305–30 BC).

4. The Great Wall of China

Built from the 7th century BC for protection against nomads, the wall was expanded by Qin Shi Huang and later dynasties, especially the Ming.

3. The Parthenon, Greece

Built in the 5th century BC to celebrate the Hellenic victory over the Persian Empire, the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis is dedicated to Athena.

2. Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek

At the base of the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter, one of the largest in the Roman world, lie three giant stones known collectively as the "trilithon."

Each one of these stones is about 20 metres long, 4.2 metres high, and weighs 750–800 tonnes.

Thread of architectural wonders that have withstood the relentless passage of time 🧵

1. Pantheon, Rome (almost 2000 years old)

The crazy thing is this is a milder episode 🤣🤦🏽‍♂️

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This is within living memory shocking stuff.

It's easy to forget how far attitudes have moved and be complacent.

I found these horrifically sexist ads too.

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An old automobile from World War I with an open top. The side has a Red Cross on it and underneath it reads: "Radiologie."

During #WW1, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, generator, X-ray machine & photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie trained 150 women as radiology technicians. #histmed #skystorians #histsci

Agreed stunning place :)

Today’s global population versus everybody who has ever lived

Recent discoveries indicate Homo sapiens have existed for over 300,000 years, leading to new estimates that around 117 billion humans have been born on Earth.

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