History

The Magna Carta was a failure, and it almost led to a unification of France and England. [via Jason Lefkowitz]

In 1812, four British natural philosophers got together to eat, debate and inadvertently change science. [via TED]

And who built a resistance network out of a Parisian museum. [via Smithsonian Mag]

It was bullshit after all. [via ars technica]

A century-old mystery, cracked by a researcher in 2 weeks. [via phys.org]

In ancient Mesopotamia, everyone played Ur. [via The British Museum]

A fascinating Twitter thread by Ásta Helgadóttir on the history of copyrighted news in Europe. [via Twitter]