Little prompts for your Hetalia-filled minds
I listen to American, British, French, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, and a little bit of Korean. Not much, but I hope to try songs from different nationalities in the future.
Also, as tumblr continues to baffle me, if anyone can tell me how to get a submission box or an ask box going for this blog, that would be wonderful too.
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“MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! Sherlock, Series 2 | Coming Sunday, May 6 | PBS” YouTube comments
The “South Korea” here references to BBC Sherlock’s series 1 trailer in South Korea.
By William Kremer
Research suggests that more and more American university students think they are something special. High self-esteem is generally regarded as a good thing - but could too much of it actually make you less successful?
The boss of US tyremaker Titan has caused an uproar in France after saying that French workers only put in three hours a day and he would have to be “stupid” to invest in the country.
By Tim Butcher
A journalist’s New York reunion with a refugee from Kosovo brings back memories of time spent together in the former war zone in the late 90s.
(note: Debated whether to post this for some time now.)
Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19
“Speaking of ships, I ship these guys.” (8:24 - 8:26)
Holy crap, it looks like a meteorite just landed in Chelyabinsk, Russia. I’m seeing reports on twitter that there are some injuries and property damage, but nothing concrete. I’ll post it when I have it.
Meteorites injure hundreds in central Russia
A meteor crashing in Russia’s Ural mountains has injured at least 950 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings.
BBC News article here.
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On a more frivolous front, in 1896 a team of Japanese students defeated a group of American sailors in a baseball game, to their great delight. Growing foreign presence and an effort to imitate aspects of Western education had introduced new pastimes to Japan, including baseball, and within two decades the Japanese were prepared to beat Westerners at their own game.
Page 641 of World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Fourth Edition
