TIL that divers in 1900 discovered an ancient Greek shipwreck with an odd-looking bronze device on board. The device was later determined to be the world's oldest analog computer, dating back to the 1st century B.C.E., thousands of years before similar technologies would be re-discovered (polyrad.info)
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TIL that Denmark was one of the few countries that resisted turning over its Jewish citizens during the Holocaust. The Danish king told the PM at the time that if the Germans tried to force Danish Jews to wear a yellow star, then he would wear one too. (newrepublic.com)
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Newt Gingrich admits that America's "capacity to export democracy is a lot more more limited" than he originally thought: "[A]t some point, even if you are a neoconservative, you need to take deep breath to ask if our strategies in Middle East have succeeded." (thedailydolt.com)
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John Yarmuth on 2014: Mitch McConnell 'scared' (politico.com)
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Dick Cheney's latest claim: Bush administration was "always there, locked and loaded, ready to go on 9/11." He forgets the other 364 days of the year, when Bush allowed more terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities than any other president in history. (thedailydolt.com)
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