In 1973, after a series of earthquakes, a fissure was opened up on the eastern side of the...
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In 1973, after a series of earthquakes, a fissure was opened up on the eastern side of the...
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Raymond Bessone, Mister Teasie-Weasie
British hair guru Raymond Bessone became the first celebrity hair stylist by leveraging the...
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Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement (Part 2)
Because of his previous ties to the Communist Party, his race, and his sexual orientation, the...
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The Discovery of 'Planet' Ceres
For a long time, astronomers believed that there must have been a planet lurking in the gap...
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The Late Victorian Manure Crisis
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many cities were facing the same problem: so much horse...
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She was a black Canadian-American who became the first woman in North America to publish and edit...
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Miss Bland was a jockey, a sports photographer, a journalist, a car dealer and a pioneer farmer....
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When three escaped slaves showed up at a Union position during the U.S. Civil War, the decision...
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Industries and governments had a really weird preoccupation with protecting people from margarine...
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For parts of the 20th century, the U.S. and Mexico had agreements in place allowing, and even...
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Famed lady pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read are often requested as a topic by listeners. but...
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Jonathan answers even more of your questions about technology and podcasting.
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Caroline Herschel: Astronomy's Cinderella
Herschel managed to break the barrier of women in scientific fields far earlier than you might...
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This document -- a treaty between the British the Maori -- established New Zealand as a nation....
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The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, which killed somewhere between 20 million and 50 million people,...
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Algebra doesn’t have one single origin point -- it developed over time and in multiple places,...
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The story of the Batavia is a perfect storm of nautical carnage: There's a shipwreck, a mutiny...
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She was not a shy spinster who wrote some little books mostly to amuse her own family. She also...
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Casanova led a life so full of sex and adventure that today we call any particularly charismatic...
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Crown Prince Sado of Korea -- sometimes called Korea's "Coffin King" -- has been described as...
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