March 31, 1850, birthday of Charles Doolittle Walcott, American invertebrate paleontologist famous for the discovery in 1909 of well-preserved Cambrian fossils in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada
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"Die Loreley".-Gemälde, 1850, von Philipp von Foltz (1805-1877).

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My late grandmother would say that Galloway was the last stronghold of the Ancient Folk, the faeries

In 1850, a hawthorn tree halted the widening of the road between Glenluce and Newton Stewart because it was 'faerie property'


art: Joanna Wolska

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? En 1850, après le décès de son père, vécu chez Mme Micas qui lui offrit avec Nathalie, alors souffrante, un voyage dans les Rosa, enthousiaste à l'idée de découvrir "d'autres horizons", enrichit son répertoire d'études et de dessins (1/2)

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Coin of the Day: On this day in 1850, Millard Fillmore became US president upon the death of Zachary Taylor. This 1850-dated Silver Medal showing Fillmore is 76 mm in diameter, which means NGC used an Oversize Holder for it.

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24 June 1850, Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, soldier and statesman, was born in Ballylongford, Co. Kerry.

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Morning: Dance of the Nymphs
-1850, Camille Corot

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Calling all Cat Lovers! Here are 4 antique photos I have cleaned & enhanced for you, spanning just 62 years between them. The 1st is a portrait from 1850, the 2nd is Leo the cat (an autochrome taken in Eastbourne in 1909); and the final 2 are a cat napping 100 years ago, in 1912!

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Morning: Dance of the Nymphs
-1850, Camille Corot

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Buenas tardes.

Les quería contar que este viernes 29 de abril a las 18 hs, vamos a estar con en Cafe Artigas (Artigas 1850, CABA) para presentar la segunda edición de nuestra antología de historias LO QUE YA PASO. Nos acompañará moderando la charla .

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Dance of the Nymphs
-1850, Camille Corot

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Dance of the Nymphs
-1850, Camille Corot

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OTD in 1850, Robert Stephenson opened the Britannia Bridge. A tubular Box Section Bridge built to provide a direct rail link from London to Holyhead.
This photograph from the late C19th. taken near Ynys Llandysilio (Church Island) shows the original tubular bridge construction.

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Dance of the Nymphs
-1850, Camille Corot

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I don't know if unicorn plushies existed in 1850, I'll just suppose they did.

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