๐ In 1853, Awa was given a certificate of freedom in Lagos. But her former owner took her back anyway.
๐ She was free on paper, not in reality.
Her story appears in The Handle Is One of Us.
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@house-of-otun.bsky.social๐ In 1853, Awa was given a certificate of freedom in Lagos. But her former owner took her back anyway.
๐ She was free on paper, not in reality.
Her story appears in The Handle Is One of Us.
@byteandpieces.bsky.social๐ฃ New Podcast! "CYCLOPS or ALIEN? The Mystery of Malta's GIANTS" on @Spreaker #aliens #ancientastronauts #ancientcivilizations #ancienthistory #ancientmysteries #anthropology #archaeologicaldiscoveries #archaeology #conspiracytheories #cyclops #elongatedskulls #giants #hiddenhistory #malta
@crystalwind.bsky.socialIn 1962 one officer on a Soviet submarine said no to launching a nuclear torpedo.
Almost nobody knows his name.
Consequence and credit are separate things.
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@tmgreen.ukBox 3 of 47. Old paper, older secrets. A 1941 patent for frequency hopping that became the backbone of wireless tech. Buried in a telecom company's files. The lawyer knows he should leave it alone. He cannot.
#TheLamarrLegacy #Thriller #HiddenHistory #IndieAuthor #BookSky
@twigliot.bsky.socialUh no, I donโt get out much. Why do you ask?
@twigliot.bsky.socialThese underground gardens in Fresno, California are the only real redeeming spot in that city. I said what I said.
@brehonthebear.bsky.social@tmgreen.ukHe found it in Box 3: a yellowed 1941 patent for the technology behind every WiFi signal on Earth. The date stamp is three days early. Prior art erased. One attorney just opened a door never meant to open.
#TheLamarrLegacy #TechThriller #HiddenHistory #IndieAuthor #BookSky
@racialrec.bsky.social@twigliot.bsky.socialI want to see this! Hidden Egyptian cityโฆ in California. No one tag @Archaeowolf, this one has a logical explanation and not just conspiracy theories.
@house-of-otun.bsky.social๐ In 1962, Conrad Nwawo risked his life to save 30 nuns. Five years later, he betrayed a man who trusted him.
๐ญ A heroic past doesnโt guarantee loyalty.
๐ Discover the story in The Handle Is One of Us by Damola Awoyokun.
@twigliot.bsky.socialThe Dancing Plague is one of those stories that lives rent free in my brain.
@tpcanoe.bsky.socialA challenge for this weekโs #HiddenHistory of #swont: is there a municipal politician more influential in our regionโs history than Adam Beck? I say no, but am looking to be challenged: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #onpoli #onhist #cdnpoli #cdnhist
@totalblacktv.bsky.social. Lynching in America goes deeper and more recent than you were taught. 60 members of Congress are now demanding a federal investigation. Watch the full story and subscribe to Total Black TV.
totalblacktv.com #TotalBlackTV #BlackHistory #Lynching #HiddenHistory
@thealchemistsbar.comBrewing was women's work โ literally, for most of human history. So how did it get taken from them? New Distillate episode. ๐ง #BeerHistory #HiddenHistory
@globalvillageschool.orgON THIS DAY in 1792, the cornerstone of what would become the White House was ceremonially laid by freemasons. But who were the builders that finished the job?
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@byteandpieces.bsky.social๐ฃ New Podcast! "From Nurses to Neighbors: The Chilling True Stories of Female Serial Killers" on @Spreaker #chillingtales #coldcases #crimeinvestigation #crimejunkie #criminalminds #darkhistory #femaleserialkillers #hiddenhistory #investigation #killerqueens #murderino #mystery #podcastaddict
@twigliot.bsky.socialPart two of Virginia Hall, the WWII spy who was missing a leg and still the biggest pain the the ass of the Axis powers.
@crystalwind.bsky.socialHedy Lamarr. Katherine Johnson. Vasili Arkhipov. Stanislav Petrov.
History's most consequential people were often the ones nobody noticed.
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@twigliot.bsky.socialI love spies. I love learning about people who lose their legs. I obsess over stories on WWII. Some stories just have it all.