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hepkitty:

10 August 1945: In the excitement of the celebrations following news of Japan’s defeat, an American soldier kisses a London girl in Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

the-star-stuff:

10 Self-Confessed Sins of Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton, as well as being a brilliant mind that split the difference between advancing and inventing physics as we know it, was very religious. When he was in his first year at Cambridge, he kept a debtor’s ledger of the sins that he’d committed as a child. Read about the most shameful acts and violent past of young Isaac Newton.

calledback:

Henry “Box” Brown (1815-1879) was a 19th century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom by arranging to have himself mailed to Philadelphia abolitionists in a wooden crate

vintageanchor:

Charles Dickens’s Christmas Eggnog

6 egg yolks, well beaten
3 Tbs. powdered sugar, sifted
1 cup Bourbon
1 pt whipped cream
6 eggwhites, whipped into peaks but not dry
nutmeg if desired

Add the powdered sugar gradually to the beaten egg yolks. Add the Bourbon a little at a time to the mixture. Add the whipped cream and the beaten eggwhites, folding gently in. Chill. Serve in silver cups with a little grated nutmeg on top if desired.

Found on Maud Newton’s blog here.

theconstantbuzz:

© Rene Maltete

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myvintagevogue:

Happy Hanukkah

Rachel Posner took this photo from inside the family home on Hanukkah 1932 via http://www1.yadvashem.org