Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
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In the 1600s Sweden was a great military power – why did they decline?
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Les atomes
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Why is there a tiny bit of Italy inside Switzerland?
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The case against Charles Darwin: How the investigation into a grisly murder shocked 19th-century France and framed the scientist as an accomplice
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Eastern Front of WW1 animated: 1914
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Unlocking the mystery of Paris' most secret underground society
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Free Companies: The age of mercenary companies
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Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge in the South Pacific before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island? | Map Men
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France plans mobile school force after headteacher resigns over death threats
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The Greenwich meridian's forgotten rival
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Frantz Fanon’s enduring legacy – The post-colonial thinker’s seminal book, “The Wretched of the Earth,” described political oppression in psychological terms
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Notes on the Ivory Coast
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Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. Canadian scientists say evidence shows digits may have been ritually removed to appease deities or aid social cohesion.
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Rise of Napoleon's Old Guard (1789-1803) (part 1) | Units of History
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How the ballpoint pen killed cursive
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Journey to EPCOT Center: A symphonic history
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No rides, but lots of rows: ‘reactionary’ French theme park plots expansion
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Pope in Marseille: Migration must be addressed with humanity, solidarity
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French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
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The miniature France inside France
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"Abraham Lincoln" street in Nogales, Sonora
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The campaign in the desert of North Africa in 1940-1943 mapped
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Democracy is the solution to vetocracy
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France’s baby bust
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How codebreakers decrypted a trove of long-lost letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots
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The treadmill/treadwheel crane sounds like something from Astérix or the Flintstones. But at Guédelon in France, not only do they have one, they're using it to help build their brand new castle.
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The true history of the Knights Templar with Dan Jones
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How the French Foreign Legion learns languages fast
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You're not allowed in this cave. But there's a copy.
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Why Belgium (still) exists
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How a spectacular piece of pedantry created an international enclave
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Mers el Kebir 1940 - Britain attacks her ally
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French Catholics agree to sell property to compensate abuse victims
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At least 216,000 children were victims of sexual assault by the French Catholic Church
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How Foucault was shielded from scandal by French reverence for intellectuals
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Peace...? (1814)
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Circulus theory: How one man wanted to save the world by taxing its poop
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The legendary Commando raid at St. Nazaire | The greatest raid of all time
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What each nation wanted from the scramble for Africa vs what they got from it
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Germany's plans to win WW1
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A plane without wings: The story of the C.450 Coléoptère
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Amid a crackdown on ‘separatism’, how do French Muslims feel?
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How triangles shrank France and the first modern map | Map Men
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"Brilliant" plans to win WW2: How France planned to win the war against Nazi Germany
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How the ballpoint pen killed cursive
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A battle of lies: Fake news in the Grear War
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The Paris morgue provided ghoulish entertainment
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Paul Taylor - #Franglais - Bilingual stand-up comedy
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Eugène François Vidocq
2 votes