History Buffs

Historical Pictures? Documentaries? How about educational videos and articles? Have an opinion on a historical event you want to share? If it's from the past, it's welcome here! From the Creator: I'm not really expecting anyone to follow any rules other than basic respect for others. However, I ask that you keep posts as historically accurate as possible. This is a group about history, and while there will always be biased articles and documentaries, which I have no problem with, propaganda and conspiracy videos are things I would like to keep away from this group. Like I said previously, please just fact check and keep things as historically accurate as you can. Thank you. :)

Whistlin' Britches

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A polychrome Mayan tripod cup dating from the Late Classic period (approximately 550–850 CE). This ceramic artifact comes from the Ulúa River Valley region in present-day Honduras. Cylindrical vessels raised on stands like this one were used by Mesoamerican elites to consume...See more

Whistlin' Britches

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A Maya ballgame marker from Toniná, Chiapas. The stone relief dates from the Late Classic period (600–900 AD). It is in the Museo Regional de Chiapas in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico. ─ #Maya #NativeAmericanHistory #PreHispanic #history ─

Whistlin' Britches

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"How American Progressives Influenced Hitler Despite attempts to whitewash its past, progressivism was a poisonous ideology from the beginning. One of its worst legacies is eugenics, which not only created social strife in the US but also was exported to Germany, where the Nazis embraced it." https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler ─ #history #Progressives #eugenics #Hitler #UShistory ─

How American Progressives Influenced Hitler

Despite attempts to whitewash its past, progressivism was a poisonous ideology from the beginning. One of its worst legacies is eugenics, which not only created

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Whistlin' Britches

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All 17 known Olmec heads.

gbkthadd

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Israel attacks USS Liberty – 1967 During the Six-Day War, Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attack the USS Liberty in international waters off Egypt’s Gaza Strip. The intelligence ship, well-marked as an American vessel and only lightly armed, was attacked first by Israeli aircraft that fired napalm and rockets at the ship. https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/06/08/this-day-in-history-israel-attacks-uss-liberty-1967-4/

Warum58

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At 3:10 a.m. on June 7, 1917, the ground beneath the German-held ridge at Messines suddenly ceased to exist. Nineteen separate charges of ammonal, packed into tunnels dug over the previous eighteen months, detonated almost at once. The blast wave rolled outward for miles....See more

gbkthadd

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Edward Snowden discloses U.S. government operations – 2013 On June 5, 2013, Americans learned that their government was spying broadly on its own people. https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/06/05/this-day-in-history-edward-snowden-discloses-u-s-government-operations-2013-4/

1989: Tank Man Faces Down a Column In the tense hours after troops cleared Tiananmen Square, a lone figure carrying shopping bags stepped into Chang'an Avenue. A line of Type 59 tanks rolled toward him. He stopped, shifted his stance, and the lead tank halted. When the driver...See more

gbkthadd

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Southern congressman beats Northern senator with a cane in the halls of Congress – 1856 https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/05/22/this-day-in-history-southern-congressman-beats-northern-senator-with-a-cane-in-the-halls-of-congress-1856-2/

Whistlin' Britches

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Part of a hand of a giant statue of King Amanhoteb III, found in the Karnak temples complex in the city of Luxor.

Whistlin' Britches

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Ramsés II Temple, Luxor at night.