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The War of 1812 began on June 18, 1812 when President James Madison declared war on Britain. Over twenty years before, Washington, D.C...
The largest economic crisis in the Western Civilization is known as the Great Depression. The stock market crash of October 1929, sent the entire U.S. into a pa...
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Queen Mary I of England is best known for burning people of the Protestant faith and restoring England to Catholicism. She was giv...
The Roaring Twenties paved the way for social and political changes. We all remember the era as being a decade full of partying and "loose morals." However, the...
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Rome was an empire obsessed with violence. Citizens went to fighting pits that stood like temples to war and blood to watch gladiators f...
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Last time on History's Nutcases, we covered boy-emperor of Rome, Elagabalus, whose hot temper, sexual preferences, and ridicu...
“Now that the whole gate has been exposed, we not only have better information for dating the mask, but also a clue to its function. Are we looking at a gate th...
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Last time on Unsolved Archaeology, we introduced the Moai of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, and talked about the history of Rapa Nui, and ...
“This discovery is a heartwarming witness to the victory of hope over desperation.” - Jon Seligman, archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority
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In the swirling, dark fog of factory smoke and London rain, a serial killer legend was born. Deep in the bowels of London's east end, in th...
