Birds: Surprisingly connected etymologies
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Why this enormous plane really exists: The An-225 Mriya
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An Irish soldier describes World War One (1988)
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The People’s Peace Treaty of 1971
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A history of Somalia and local piracy: How do pirates exist in the 21st century?
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Animated history: 1943 - 1945 Invasion of Italy (Video collage)
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Animated history: Life in East Germany
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The making of a state: Why did Czechoslovakia become one nation instead of two?
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The lost history of socialism’s DIY computer
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A brief overview of popular slang of the 1920s in the US
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How was the Colossus of Rhodes built? From siege tower to ancient wonder
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The long history of warrior turtles, from ancient myth to warships to teenage mutants
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Rosa Parks' Stanford press conference recording now accessible online
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How Covid brought the future back
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How to be an atheist in Medieval Europe
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The paradox of progress
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Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history
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Genghis Khan may have been killed by a pandemic
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A Capital Plan - National Film Board documentary from 1949 on Ottawa, Canada
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Napoleon’s brother lived in New Jersey. Here’s what happened to the estate.
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Lessons from a pandemic anniversary
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Has science solved one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries?
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Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite
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How the Wolf of Wall Street created the internet
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The creation, history, post-WW2 socialist economy and break-up of Yugoslavia explained
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African decolonization explained
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#Jan25: Ten years Later
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Technological stagnation
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A curious journey through the story of the passport
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Ancient bronze rings and ribs were some of the earliest money
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Preserving Egypt’s layered history reveals 'stories of the restoration of diverse locations around Egypt'
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Richard Feynman and the bomb
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Why does Russia have the best maps of Britain? | Map Men
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Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs. The bags had marijuana in them.
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Is capitalism devouring democracy?
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An overview of Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II's life and regency
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How Rome destroyed its own republic
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When Americans committed insurrection: Until 2021, Americans had confronted federal authority with armed aggression just four times
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Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution?
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The Mexican American border: A tale of two colonies (Part 1/2)
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AskHistorians write-up on January 2021 sedition at the US Capitol
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Who named the United States and what alternatives gained the most traction?
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Why didn't the Virginias reunite?
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On Marx, Lincoln, slavery and socialism in the years following the Civil War
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The Great Depression explained, globally
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The break-up of the Soviet Union, explained
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A sea story
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A plane without wings: The story of the C.450 Coléoptère
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How New York City vaccinated six million people in less than a month
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The Sino-Soviet split: How did Soviet Russia and China become enemies?
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