Leaving from Southampton, England, the Titanic embarked on her maiden voyage on April 10th 1912. Considered one of the largest ships during its time, the Titani...
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Europe's Dark Ages have captivated people for centuries. There's been whole history textbooks written about them. They're shrouded in myste...
Some of the most rare photos are also the ones that stop us in our tracks as we linger on the image. The emotion, the horror, the joy...whatever the feeling the...
How many of you listen to podcasts? I'd bet it's quite a few since podcasting has exploded as a medium in the past few years. When you think about it, it's ...
Two weeks ago here at History Things, we explored the birth of the United States Constitution and the process by which America became a sovereign nation. Al...
In a World War II event known as The Bombardment of Ellwood, a Japanese submarine snuck in close to the Santa Barbara coastline, just off Goleta, California on...
Unsolved mysteries abound throughout history but for the people of Barbados, there are few tales quite as enduring as that of the Chase Family Vault. Located in...
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This man saved the world in the 1980s, and you've probably never heard of him.
It was early in the morning during an overnight shift on Septem...
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History is littered with strange artifacts. Archaeologists dig new things up all the time. Books surface, strange maps are found on the bla...
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Last time on History's Badasses, we covered a man named Simo Häyhä. He has been widely regarded by historians as one of the most su...
