The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903) (publicdomainreview.org)
Rather relevant. I had no idea ‘Monopoly’ had an anti-capitalist predecessor.
Rather relevant. I had no idea ‘Monopoly’ had an anti-capitalist predecessor.
What did the year 2000 look like in 1900? Originally commissioned by Armand Gervais, a French toy manufacturer in Lyon, for the 1900 World exhibition in Paris, the first fifty of these paper cards were produced by Jean-Marc Côté, designed to be enclosed in cigarette boxes and, later, sent as postcards. All in all, at least...
All’inizio del 1803 una stranissima imbarcazione si spiaggiò sulle coste del Giappone. La chiamarono utsuro-bune (nave vuota, cava), al suo interno c’era una bellissima ragazza dai capelli rossi....
these colorful maps show how the Mississippi River banks moved around over time...
Was an alien woman really cast back into the sea after surfacing on the coast of Japan in 1803?