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Reply to comment by Cerulean_IsFancyBlue in Why Nikola Tesla is So Famous (and Westinghouse is not) by pier4r
Siemens bought Westinghouse Electric's power generation business. I think in the late 90s. A few smaller subsidiaries came with it as well, can't remember maybe Electrowatt came with it?
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Reply to comment by pm_me_ur_demotape in Mysterious shipwreck identified as Dutch warship that sank after surprise attack in 1672 - identified as the Dutch warship Klein Hollandia by ArtOak
Then how did they raise the Mary Rose? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose
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Reply to When this bridge in Fort Benton, Montana, USA was built 1888 it was required to have a swing span to allow steamboats to navigate. It was considered the furthest navigable point on Earth, more than 2,700 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. by triviafrenzy
They haven’t replaced a steel bridge since 1888?
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What an asshole.
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Reply to comment by goldenkicksbook in Fall of the East India Company by Vailhem
Isn’t the common thought that India changed the British more than the British changed India?
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Reply to comment by BobbyP27 in Fall of the East India Company by Vailhem
Oh the HBC financed and took part in plenty of wars and fighting in Canada didn’t they?
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Reply to comment by Skaldskatan in Where did the English language REALLY come from? by MagicRaptor
The far right has adopted the term, but it was used for years by racists. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/anglo-saxon-what-you-say-when-whites-only-too-inclusive/618646/
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Reply to comment by MkJorgy in Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests by Magister_Xehanort
No, they ate them first.