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Socialism is leftism, Nazism is not, so why were they called, and some people still call them, the National Socialists?

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I'm wondering how they figured out how to prevent buildings from collapsing before structural engineering became widespread and default in the building process

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Google is unsure.

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I know the answer is yes, but I'm having a hard time finding it. All I ever get from searches is "Life of the Medieval Craftsmen", etc.

IIRC his name was found in an inconspicious part of a tympanum in a french cathedral and I think some other places in southern and northern England.

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I feel that with the complete arrogance and disregard for the law that the Feds will do absolutely nothing.

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In 1345 he personally discovered a collection of Cicero's letters not previously known to have existed, the collection Epistulae ad Atticum, in the Chapter Library (Biblioteca Capitolare) of Verona Cathedral

So basically a guy goes into a library, rummages for a while, and finds ~1400 years old text no one knew was there

Do we still have places that store texts (like libraries, but doesn't have to strictly be a library) where we don't have everything catalogued and we don't know what might be inside?

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