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Mechanical Turk – a chess machine that could beat anyone
Have you heard of the Mechanical Turk? I do not mean the Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) Amazon’s cro…
<strong><u>The Dutch create a lake</u></strong>
In 1932 the Dutch completed what they call The Afsluitdijk, which is Dutch for “shut off dike”. It s…
<strong><u>A village, an independent republic!</u></strong>
The Flag of Perloja Yes, it actually happened, would you believe that a small village in Northern Eu…
<strong><u>The ‘dancing plague’</u></strong>
Today we dance for fun, we can dance all night, and we think nothing of it, but in the 14th century …
Athens, an early democracy
In 510 BC the Athenians overthrew their tyrant King Hippias, with the help of Cleomenes I, King of S…
The Ancient Olympics, how did they start?
Do your children know that the Olympics date back to an Ancient Greek festival, which was part of a …