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The Egyptians are known for being ahead of their time in comparison to some civilisations that came after them. This unit looks at how the Egyptians solved mathematical problems in everyday life and the technology they used. An understanding of this area has only been possible following the translation of the Rosetta Stone. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published ...
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Welcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Three times a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance. Tickets for Half-Arsed History Live: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=HALFHIST24 Get in touch: halfarsedhistory@gmail.com Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/halfarsedhistory Buy Half-Arsed History merch: https://halfar ...
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You can now vote for More Than Words at the People's Choice Podcast Awards! Just click the following link, quickly sign up and select ‘Rosetta Stone – More Than Words’ in the 'Education' and 'People's Choice' sections if you loved our podcast! https://www.podcastawards.com/app/nominations The More Than Words podcast, brought to you by Rosetta Stone UK, is back for series two, where we meet fascinating people and experts in the field of language and linguistics, answering your most pressing q ...
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The Good Morning Guys is a podcast where four guys get together to talk video games, movies, TV, sports, and most importantly life, which is the greatest and most difficult game of all. And because of that, you shouldn’t go it alone, so Lucas, Patrick, Marc, and Ronnie are going to be right there with you on this Good Morning.
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Cool Stuff Ride Home

Cool Stuff Ride Home

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Covering the most interesting and coolest stories that you may have missed around the world in about 15 minutes a day. Cool Stuff Ride Home looks at science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope. This is the antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff in podcast form. Cool news, as a service. Hosted by Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff.
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Quantitude

Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran

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A podcast dedicated to all things quantitative, ranging from the relevant to the highly irrelevant. Co-hosts Patrick Curran and Greg Hancock talk about serious statistical topics, but without taking themselves too seriously. Think: CarTalk hi-jacked by the two grumpy old guys from the Muppets, grousing about quantitative methods, statistics, and data analysis, all presented to you with the production value of a 6th grade school project. But in a good way.
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Productivity, Technology, Longevity, Health. Peter Larsson shares thoughts and share wisdom from the Focused Productivity Course Be Useful. Have fun. FLAWD: Focused Lifestyle & Winning Disciplines.
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Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

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Entrepreneur Inspiring Stories to Help Motivate, Build, & Grow Your Successful Business with a Master Class from Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders that tell it How It Is... Millionaire Interviews is actionable advice for the (future & present) Entrepreneur, Thought Leaders, Solopreneur, Youpreneur, and Small Business Owner. The host interviews Business Founders in the Product, Service, Real Estate, and Tech industries so they can teach you from their experience. Connect with other Listeners @ ...
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This is the Jace and Rick Podcast. every episode is recorded in the car on the way to whatever we decide is important enough to go to. this podcast is NOT for those who take things to seriously. we are immature, racist, sexist, and funny, so you dont have to be.
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On Season 4, leaders from around the VUMC enterprise explore issues facing businesses across industries, and how the enterprise is experimenting with and designing solutions for problems – old and new – by supporting smart people with visionary ideas. You’ll track how a few ideas fused and matured over decades into the engine of a global collaboration, and why progress requires bold confidence in people, taking calculated risks, and transformative optimism about what could be next. Structure ...
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Today's believed to be the day in 1799 when French troops in northern Egypt found the Rosetta Stone, which unlocked a huge amount of knowledge about the ancient world. Or at least it would after scholars spent like two decades figuring out what it said. Plus: Atchison, Kansas is in the middle of its annual Amelia Earhart Festival, celebrating the c…
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This week the guys are joined by Timothy Hall of Married to the Games podcast fame where they discuss flag football, Through the Word, food allergies, The Hiding Place book, house projects, XCloud Gaming, and so much more!–http://linktree.com/thegmgpod–All of our links can be found on the LinkTree link including our audio podcast (Apple, Spotify, e…
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A never-before-seen-alive whale has washed ashore in New Zealand, a British woman owes her life to baking soda, and on This Day in History, the Rosetta Stone is discovered by French forces. World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach, possibly shedding clues on species | AP News 'Flesh-eating bug ate away at my nose - baking soda s…
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In this week's episode, discover the story of the Rosetta Stone, a series of 2,000-year-old texts written that became the key to our modern understanding of the Ancient Egyptian language. Tickets for Half-Arsed History Live are available here: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=HALFHIST24 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…
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Hi, TDIHC fans! iHeartPodcasts and TenderfootTV are excited to tell you about the Flashpoint podcast. Host Cole Locascio investigates to complex topics surrounding the 1996 Olympic bombings in Atlanta, Ga. We think you'll want to hear this, but you don't have to take our word for it. Check out the trailer and decide if this is your next listen! Sho…
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Half-Arsed History is taking to the stage this August, in Melbourne and Sydney! We'll have a great time getting across the histories of these two cities, and there's plenty of other stuff planned - Q&As, meet and greets, tour merch, a song or two, all sorts of things. Hope to see you there! Tickets are available now: https://premier.ticketek.com.au…
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Scientists believe they'd identified the root cause of Lupus though questions remain, a Yellowstone eruption sends dozens of people running, sharks test positive for cocaine due to drug smuggler ocean dumps, and on This Day in History; the first permanent movie theater emerges in New Orleans. Scientists say they have identified lupus' root cause — …
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Today in 1959, Marine Corps pilot William Rankin passed through the middle of a thundercloud after having to eject from his plane. And despite the storm’s best efforts, he made it through in one piece. Plus: starting today in Tenino, Washington, it’s Oregon Trail Days. Meet the Marine who ‘rode the thunder’ and lived to tell the tale (Air Force Tim…
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Alcohol’s impact on your biological age; scientists discover new indicators in your DNA, and on This Day in History, the Chappaquiddick incident leaves a promising young woman dead, and a famous senator’s career hanging in the balance. Alcohol has a dramatic impact on your biological age. Here’s how (BBC Science Focus) TDIH: Ted Kennedy’s Chappaqui…
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Summer travel comes and goes for most of us, but Tom Stuker, the "world's most frequent flyer," bought a lifetime plane ticket in 1990 and has been up in the air a lot since then. Plus: Monday in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, it’s the Rain Day Festival. New Jersey man dubbed ‘most traveled air passenger’ with nearly 24 million miles in the air (News12.…
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This week the guys discuss the movie Twisters, play a game of Mad Libs, chat about the 5 love languages, the games we’ve been playing this week, and so much more!–http://linktree.com/thegmgpod–All of our links can be found on the LinkTree link including our audio podcast (Apple, Spotify, etc.), YouTube, Twitch streaming channels, Discord, Patreon, …
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Scientists are left stunned by the contents of a rock on Mars, after being split open by the Curiosity rover. Weird Wednesday has a new royal goat, a special Denver lobster, a large hairball, and a depressed bear. Plus, on This Day in History, the window tax is repealed in the UK. NASA Stunned by Discovery After Mars Rover Breaks Open a Rock (goodn…
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Quarter-Arsed History presents: that time when Pepsi came into possession of a giant fleet of Soviet warships, after brokering a deal to sell Pepsi in the USSR. Tickets for Half-Arsed History Live are available here: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=HALFHIST24 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Today in 1978, the American release date of what looked like a blockbuster movie musical: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," starring some of the biggest music and movie stars of the era. Yeah, it didn't go so well. Plus: the Apollo 11 astronauts had to fill out customs declarations when they came back from the moon!?! Beatles-Based Movie Is …
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We may be closer than ever to discovering life outside of Earth, and there’s more promise in developing an affordable snake antivenom than ever, plus on This Day in History, the first American typewriter – err, typographer – is patented. Signs of Life Could Be Found Close to the Surface of Two Nearby Moons (gizmodo.com) Life signs could survive nea…
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Today was the day in 1904 that a guy at the St. Louis World’s Fair took a pastry cone, put two scoops of ice cream inside, and changed the dessert world forever. Except that there are a bunch of ice cream cone origin stories from that World's Fair, and also, ice cream cones were around for more than a century before that. Plus: The US Postal Servic…
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A new helium reservoir discovered in Minnesota could solve a major world problem and our concept of time may not be measured in the manner you think. Plus, on This Day in History, Alexander Mackenzie becomes the first European to cross North America north of Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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It’s a busy time of year for transportation workers, especially here in the Midwest. Michigan's official state vehicle fleet includes a vintage Ford Model T, and not just as a nod to the state's long history with automaking. Plus: starting today in Ohio, it’s the Dayton Air Show. Michigan DOT Still Has a Century-Old Ford Model T in Service (The Dri…
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In this week's episode, hear about all the major assassination attempts that have been made on presidents of the United States, both successful and unsuccessful. Tickets for Half-Arsed History Live are available here: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=HALFHIST24 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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How feces could help detect autism, caves discovered on the moon. and on This Day in History, movies take to the skies as the first regularly scheduled films are shown on planes. Autism could soon be detected in your poop. Here’s why | BBC Science Focus Magazine Scientists confirm a cave on the moon that could one day shelter explorers | AP News Ra…
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This week's monument is Red Square, found in the centre of the Moscow, the Russian capital, a public plaza surrounded by famous buildings such as St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin. Tickets for Half-Arsed History Live are available here: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=HALFHIST24 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …
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A new drug that could potentially reverse the effects of diabetes, the world’s first commercial hydrogen-powered ferry is set to run in San Francisco, and on This Day in History, while heading to California, a pilot “accidentally” lands in Ireland 28 hours later. Diabetes-reversing drug boosts insulin-producing cells by 700% (newatlas.com) World's …
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For National Ice Cream Day this Sunday, the story of how New York state once upcycled some ice cream trucks into artificial reefs around Long Island. Plus: this Saturday in Pennsylvania, it’s the Made In Bradford Celebration, in the hometown of the Zippo lighter. Sunken Ice Cream Trucks Were Used Create Artificial Reefs in NYC (Untapped New York) M…
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On today’s episode, behavior never-before-seen in Eagles is observed in the UK. Weird Wednesday has a unique find in a sewer, a trick to live longer, and birds attacking on the beach. And on This Day in History, a poor decision leads to devastating and deadly accident. Eagle Parents Spend Year Nursing Chick Who Fell Out of a Tree, Forsaking the New…
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