A Canadian woman inherited a large sum of money from a stranger she had never heard of, uncovering a surprising family connection after the death of retired flight attendant. Raymond Barry Howson, who lived in Twickenham, England, passed away at the age of 85 without a will or known next of kin, Cheshire Live reported. Born in Altrincham, Raymond never married or had …
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The Importance of Preserving History on International Holocaust Memorial Day
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the German Nazi concentrationand extermination camp. It is also International Holocaust Memorial Day, and I, like so many others whose family intertwines with this dark chapter of history, am thinking about family members that perished during the Holocaust. As fewer and fewer people who experienced …
Preserving Cultural Heritage with Filecoin
On January 21st, the Filecoin Foundation announced a partnership with leading organizations like Smithsonian Institution, Flickr Foundation, Internet Archive, MIT Open Learning, and Starling Lab to safeguard over 500,000 culturally significant digital artifacts on the Filecoin network. From Alexander Graham Bell’s earliest sound recordings to Flickr Commons’ most viewed photographs, these datasets highlight the transformative …