However you land on an election, the inauguration is a big deal. People sit up and listen. In this modern world of live streaming, everything that happens on th...
This week we lost another great American. As far as people go, she was more likable than most of us, even though she was covered in hair and smelled like a zoo....
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Last time, on History's Badasses, we covered the life of Spartacus, the Thracian slave who led a revolt against the Roman Empir...
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We use a thousand common phrases and gestures every single day without thinking twice about them. Saying "hello" or "hi" when we greet s...
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The Roman Emperor Nero left behind a great many architectural wonders. He might have been an infamous, ridiculously cruel tyrant, but...
In case you’ve been living under a moon rock, Eugene Cernan, the last human to set foot on the moon, just passed away at 82 years old. He was one of only three ...
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XIANGKHOANG PLATEAU, LAOS - in the upland valleys and lower foothills of the Xiangkhoang Plateau, there lies a fascinating landscape ...
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Last time on History's Nutcases, we talked about a man named Jemmy Hirst, who fancied riding a bull he'd trained to jump fences like a horse, ...
"This obviously reinforces the sacrality of the site." - Archaeologist Giuseppe La Spina.
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SICILY, ITALY - Italian Archaeologists wor...
"The parties took place in the summer here in the courtyard. The cups were simply thrown away. That's equivalent to paper cups today." - Holger Rode, head archa...
