The top six medical inventions during the American civil war
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Remarkable 120-year-old letter to Santa discovered in England
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How a 19th-century teenager sparked a battle over who owns our faces
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Eureka Stockade rebellion
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The 19th century best-selling author excluded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters
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How a teenage girl became the mother of horror: Mary Shelley combined science and the supernatural to write Frankenstein, the world’s first science-fiction novel
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World's first sci-fi convention (Royal Albert Hall, 1891)
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The White Headhunter: The story of a 19th-century sailor who survived a South Seas heart of darkness
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Werner's Nomenclature of Colours
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The city born in a day: The origin story of Oklahoma City
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Michael Faraday - The Chemical History of a Candle [1848] (Probably the best scientific talk ever)
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The exotic dead animals that appeared in the menageries of Victorian Britain’s grand exhibitions were far from perfect specimens. Stuffed, stitched, painted hybrids – accuracy was not a priority.
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