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Saturday, December 31, 2011

year of the dragon

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

http://www.theworldgeography.com/2010/11/15-smallest-countries-of-world.html

# posted by gt @ 10:01

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=toys-ac-gilbert

# posted by gt @ 09:27

Monday, December 26, 2011

http://www.colsonwhitehead.com/Home/Home.html

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Friday, December 23, 2011

the cake is a pie - scalzi turns 13.

# posted by gt @ 21:16

1. Yaffle 12 up, 5 down

Uncommon English name for the European Green Woodpecker, immatative of it's laugh-like call (technically urban, you get them in green areas of town)
Yaffle
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/23/cute-abc-book-for-android.html

http://www.zazzle.com/custom_urban_dictionary_tshirt_light-235245270191392084

# posted by gt @ 21:04

opsigamy
n. marriage at an advanced age

# posted by gt @ 16:44

Saturday, December 17, 2011

[–]IlikeHistory 525 points 1 day ago*

Genghis Khan - BBC 50 minute Documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB5bX9m2G8w

Barbarians - The Mongols 50 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ53WqklIo8&feature=related

Dynasties: The Mongol Empire- Part 1/5 50 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znKNqj0-jGg

Mongol Hordes: Birth Of An Empire 1/5 50 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnyGH3BKwg

Mongol Hordes: World Conquerors 1/5 50 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj6iHI8yiKg

Mongol Hordes: Tartar Crusaders 1/5 50 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNBdr3GgoXA&feature=related

Mongol Hordes: Last Khan Of Khans 1/5 50 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcZaxpLz3oQ&feature=related

Mongol Invasion of Europe - Part 1 30 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiLTX_2-560

Genghis Khan - Rider of the Apocalypse (Part 1/5) 50 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTu6jSrN9o&feature=related

History Channel Ancients Behaving Badly Genghis Khan 45 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrVOnzShZVQ&feature=related

CSPAN BookTV interview with the author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/181978-1

After Genghis Kahn's Mongol Empire (1206–1368) came the Mongol Timur(Tamerlane) who started the

Timurid Empire ( 1370–1526) who was the great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the

Mughal Dynasty(1526–1764)

"Zahir ud-din Muhammad Babur learned about the riches of Hindustan and conquest of it by his ancestor, Timur, in 1503 "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timurid_Empire

the Warrior Empire-The Mughals 1/9 90 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZQoWUDLSg

Want to learn more about the Mongols? Check out these undersubscribed subreddits http://www.reddit.com/r/history/ History rage comics http://www.reddit.com/r/historicalrage/ What if history http://www.reddit.com/r/historicalwhatif Ask Historians http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

introverts

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

levywatch dept:

will baude is guestblogging at volokh this week.

# posted by gt @ 21:25