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Yellowstone
30 January 2023For thousands of years, nomadic Native American peoples crossed the Yellowstone River basin, in awe of its stunning landscape and geothermal...
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When London Shipped Poor Children to America
30 January 2023In 1618, almost 100 impoverished children from London - some as young as eight - arrived in Jamestown, Virginia to labour in the growing colony....
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Eisenhower's Wars
30 January 2023Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in 1890, before the Wright Brothers had completed man's first flight, and died just weeks short of man's first steps...
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Pacification in the Vietnam War
30 January 2023This year marks the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam. It was one of the most costly conflicts that the U.S. has...
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The IQ Test
29 January 2023How would you feel if you found out you had a very high or a very low IQ? Would it change you? The IQ test has an awful allure to it. A single...
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Feathered Dinosaurs
29 January 2023Having dominated the earth for millions of years, it's no wonder Dinosaurs have always fascinated us. Depicted in films and TV shows as monstrous...
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The Princes in the Tower
28 January 2023Matt Lewis concludes his four special episodes on medieval mysteries with perhaps the most enduring historical enigma of them all.
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Bay of Pigs
27 January 2023The Bahía de Cochinos, also known as the Bay of Pigs, is a place that lives in infamy for the CIA. On April 17 1961, 1,500 US-trained Cuban...
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Wallis Simpson
27 January 2023She is surely one of the most fascinating figures in royal history. Perceived as a bad match for Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson is at the centre of...
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Anne Frank's Life After Her Arrest
27 January 2023Anne Frank’s diary is one of the most famous accounts of the Jewish experience during the Second World War, giving us a deeply personal glimpse...
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The Fall of J. Edgar Hoover
26 January 2023From 1956 to 1971, J. Edgar Hoover ran COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program). A series of covert and illegal FBI operations aimed at...
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Babylon
26 January 2023One of the most famous cities in history - Babylon is shrouded in mystery and myth. Located in ancient Mesopotamia, now modern Iraq, it was one of...
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