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BubblesMagnus t1_j11h3ek wrote

Reply to History content for kids by TheNumLocker

mike Duncan (from history of Rome) did some graduate videos about the real story behind Paul reveres ride. at one point Paul Revere is stopped by the British while going back for John Hancock's salmon.

when they let him go i cracked, wait a minute, that's not just any salmon, THAT'S JOHN HANCOCK'S SALMON.

Now one of my kids gets a gift from John Hancock's salmon for xmas every year.

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mysilvermachine t1_j11eah7 wrote

Reply to How were early Victorian Steam Locomotive Drivers trained and Recruited? by DearGiraffe6168

It looks like you are talking about the U.K. - so right at the start there was a shortage of trained staff and as you say those with experience of stationary steam locos would be recruited and others with mechanical experience such as those in engineering workshops.

There’s accounts of the London & Birmingham of Stephenson locomotive works having staff accompany trainee drivers and firemen on trips ( usually with goods) to show them the best way of working the engines and what the hand signals meant.

There were also periodical labour disputes where all the engine staff would be dismissed and basically anyone who had an inkling would be employed, including drivers who had been dismissed by other companies for drunkenness or worse.

It was a chaotic time that lasted until the 1860s or so. But even then as railways expanded rapidly you could be promoted to driver, the elite of the working class, in your mid 20s.

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scottstots6 t1_j11e6w6 wrote

Reply to comment by andonemoreagain in Operation Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy by ristinvoitto

That ignores some pretty important stuff like the roughly 30% of the German army that was tied down in the west and the annihilation of the Luftwaffe at the hands of British and American pilots and the strategic bombing of German industry. It also ignores the other two major Axis powers but yeah go off with your Soviet-centric view of the war.

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scottstots6 t1_j11cmyq wrote

Reply to comment by andonemoreagain in Operation Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy by ristinvoitto

This isn’t even a little true, the two militaries that inflicted the most casualties on Japan were the Chinese Nationalists and the United States with Commonwealth forces in 3rd. The Red Army isn’t even close to inflicting half of the casualties on the Japanese forces. During the war, the only fighting between them was the Invasion of Manchuria where the Soviets fought a badly trained and under equipped Japanese army.

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claudiusfoughtawhale t1_j11aeym wrote

Reply to comment by InsaneRabbitDaddy in How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? Can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them? by raori921

Yup. My Dad grew up in the area that the Riel Rebellion was fought in, and so those stories were a big part of their history growing up, while for me living in a different part of the country it was just one short unit we studied one year. It's a big country, so I'm sure there are lots of regional 'myths' as well.

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Scizmz t1_j119wth wrote

Reply to History content for kids by TheNumLocker

There's a web series on youtube called Extra Credits. I love their content. It was originally a video game channel, then they wound up covering some stuff from video games as actual history and it kinda took on a life of its own. They typically cover specific topics, but those topics are usually very interesting. Check out the series on The Broad Street Pump.

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GOLDIEM_J t1_j118z5x wrote

Reply to comment by en43rs in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

During the Middle Ages, many in Europe considered the Iliad to be a historical account (just as the ancient Greeks and Romans did.) The epic cycle is a pagan tradition, whereas most of Europe was Christianised throughout the middle ages. Why would Christian Europe hold this view of the pagan Iliad and Odyssey?

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PreferredSelection t1_j118rx2 wrote

Reply to History content for kids by TheNumLocker

Approx age? There's stuff I'd recommend to a 12 year old but not a 3 year old.

Townsends, for sure. Townsends above all else - especially content made by Jon. (Some of his crew are good, but Jon has that Mister Rogers spark.)

PBS Eons if they want to learn about dinosaurs and prehistoric megafauna. (They do mention extinction events, which might be scary for very young kids.)

I'll second Crash Course.

Tasting History with Max Miller, if they're like 10+. The content is clean and very good, but he's not going to give you a super simplified narrative.

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Fleudian t1_j1183pv wrote

Reply to comment by Every-Cry-9361 in History content for kids by TheNumLocker

Check out the podcast Behind the Bastards, it's really cool and will teach you stuff you won't learn in school about really terrible people in history and the present day! I wouldn't recommend it for elementary aged kids but it's appropriate for teenagers (though some of Robert's references are a bit outdated for young people today).

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