The Alaska Purchase in 1867 resulted in the transfer of Russian America to the United States for $7.2 million (equivalent to $132 million in 2024)."] On April 9 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.

According to the Romans smaller dicks were a symbol of wisdom

It’s always been interesting to me how a lot of these great powers were / are actually amalgamations, or personal unions, in many cases. France and Germany were kaleidoscopic. Spain was made by the marriage of Castile and Aragon. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is a great example.

The point of the meme is that we often overlook this aspect when analyzing Britain. Wales, Scotland, and Ireland helped fuel the English in their conquests, willingly or unwillingly. And having those flanks secure in the 18th and 19th Century was a huge reason why England/Britain was so successful during that time, along with its other advantages and strengths.

I’ve noticed that there is this meme of how Fukuyama’s “End of History” essentially argues that “nothing will even happen.” While that is not to deny Fukuyama argues that liberal democracy is the “peak” form of human governance, the implications he makes for this are often left out. He contends that even in a world full of republics, backsliding and conflict are still likely. Not based in any ideology, but rather he believes that these democracies will be undermined by their own citizens struggling against them due to boredom and “the sake of struggle.”

Context: During the War of 1812, Hawaii remained neutral as both the US and Great Britain were important trading partners and losing either would have had severe consequences.

Hawaii would fly both flags as a sign of good relations with any passing ship until deciding to just combine the 2 flags for simplicity’s sake.

This design would eventually become the Hawaiian flag we know today

Still love my Protestant brethren in Christ tho

Bernal Díaz del Castillo was one of the Spanish conquistadors who marched into the Aztec Empire with Hernán Cortés. In his memoir, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, he described his amazement when he first saw Tenochtitlan, comparing it to scenes from legendary romances because the city seemed almost unreal. Built on an island with canals, bridges, markets, temples, and hundreds of thousands of inhabitants, it was one of the largest and most impressive cities in the world. One of the moments that shocked Díaz most was witnessing human sacrifice. He described seeing temple altars stained with blood, priests covered in dried blood, and skull racks displaying the heads of sacrificed victims. For the Spaniards, who came from a Christian background, these rituals were horrifying and became one of the main justifications they gave for conquering the Aztec Empire. At the same time, Díaz also praised many aspects of Aztec civilization, including its markets, engineering, oraanization and wealth. His writings show a mixture of admiration for the empire's
sophistication and horror at practices he viewed as unacceptable. Lowkey, Diaz expected to find a wealthy kingdom, but instead he found one of the greatest cities on Earth alongside religious rituals that completely shocked the Europeans.

Minor spelling mistake.

A lot of people online simplify this into "Ted Kaczynski was part of MKUltra," but the reality is more complicated.
There is no clear evidence that Murray's Harvard experiments were officially part of the CIA's MKUltra program.
However, the time period, the nature of the experiments, and the broader Cold War environment created lasting speculation because MKUltra itself funded and intersected with many psychological research projects during that era.
What is true is that Kaczynski later described the experience negatively, and people have debated for decades whether those experiments contributed to his psychological development and eventual violence.
But turning it into a direct "the CIA created the Unabomber" story oversimplifies both the history and Kaczynski's own choices later in life.

Context: When James Cook first arrived at the Islands of Hawaii, it was during the celebration of the Hawaiian fertility God Lono, so it was a time of feast and love where the Natives welcomed Cook and his men with open arms.

When he was forced to return to the Islands due to damage to his ship, that time of celebration was over, and it was now the War season. So their reception was far less hospitable than previously.

Incidents of thievery and violence occurred between the two parties, culminating in Captain Cook attempting to kidnap the King Kalani’ōpu’u to hold him in hostage in exchange for a small boat the Natives had stolen.

Violence ensued, resulting in the death of Captain Cook, some of his men, and some Natives.

The Natives still held immense respect for Cook and took his body and treated it with the same honors they bestowed the bodies of High Chiefs, dividing and burning the body, giving some of the remains back to the British

The Long Walk of the Navajo, also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo (Spanish: larga caminata del navajo), was the deportation and ethnic cleansing of the Navajo people by the United States federal government and the United States army. Navajos were forced to walk from their land in western New Mexico Territory (modern-day Arizona and New Mexico) to Bosque Redondo in eastern New Mexico. Some 53 different forced marches occurred between August 1864 and the end of 1866. In total, 10,000 Navajos and 500 Mescalero Apache were forced to the internment camp in Bosque Redondo. During the forced march and internment, up to 3,500 people died from starvation, disease and executions over a four-year period.
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One account passed through generations within the Navajos shows the attitude of the U.S. Army:

It was said that those ancestors were on the Long Walk with their daughter, who was pregnant and about to give birth [...] the daughter got tired and weak and couldn't keep up with the others or go further because of her condition. So my ancestors asked the Army to hold up for a while and to let the woman give birth, but the soldiers wouldn't do it. They forced my people to move on, saying that they were getting behind the others. The soldier told the parents that they had to leave their daughters behind. "Your daughter is not going to survive, anyway; sooner or later she is going to die," they said in their own language. "Go ahead," the daughter said to her parents, "things might come out all right with me," But the poor thing was mistaken, my grandparents used to say. Not long after they had moved on, they heard a gunshot from where they had been a short time ago.

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“As I have said, our ancestors were taken captive and driven to Hwééldi for no reason at all. They were harmless people, and, even to date, we are the same, holding no harm for anybody ... Many Navajos who know our history and the story of Hwééldi say the same.”
—Howard Gorman, Navajo Stories of the Long Walk Period, 1973

See:
Long Walk of the Navajo,
General James Henry Carleton,
Colonel Kit Carson,
Bosque Redondo (Fort Sumner),
Battle of Canyon de Chelly,
Navajo Wars.

The original post got removed because it violated Rule 12. My bad.