El Dorado and the River of Despair
Driven by visions of unimaginable riches, Spanish explorers subjugated the cultures of South...
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10 Historical Animals You Should Know: 1 - 5
History is full of astonishing stories, and not all of them revolve around humans. In the first...
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When the philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg sought mechanical explanations for nature, he found...
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Why did Lady Godiva take a naked horse ride?
In an argument over taxing peasants, Lady Godiva -- whose real name was actually Godgifu --...
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Why is there an underground city beneath Beijing?
The Beijing underground city may sound like the stuff of legends, but it's a real place built to...
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Why did England and Spain fight over an ear?
When the Spanish Coast Guard caught English Captain Jenkins smuggling, they cut off his ear as...
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This massive medieval manuscript, nicknamed “The Devil’s Bible,” contains multiple lengthy...
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The Sham Battle and the Cochecho Massacre
It was half performance for the British troops, and half actual sham, and it led to an attack on...
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In the late 1800s, seven sisters with musical talent and incredibly long hair made waves in the...
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The eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt was a firebrand who never shied away from the public...
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Henry Gerber and Chicago’s Society for Human Rights
In the 1920s, the Society for Human Rights was founded in Chicago with the intent to...
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A Brief History of Peanut Butter
Peanut butter got it's name in the 18th century, but it's been around in some form for hundreds...
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The kingdom of Dahomey may have had the world’s first full-time, all-female combat fighting...
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The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
In fall of 1778, British forces shifted their efforts in the American Revolutionary War to the...
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We love to talk about shipwrecks, but Violet Jessop was a shipwreck survivor -- several times...
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Asia and the New World: An Interview with Dennis Carr
It's easy to think of globalization as a new invention, but it really has its roots in the 16th...
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In 1756, after a skirmish between the British East India Company and the nawab of Bengal, dozens...
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In 1756, after a skirmish between the British East India Company and the nawab of Bengal, dozens...
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The Oregon Trail: An Interview With Rinker Buck
Author Rinker Buck's new book details the trip he and his brother Nick made along the Oregon...
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Macario Garcia was a Mexican-born soldier who served in the U.S. military in WWII, earning a...
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