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King George VI waves to the crowd from the balcony at Buckingham Palace during the VE Day celebrations, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.

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4 great prison escapes from WWII
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The greatest snooker players of all time
A number of flat-topped pyramids in Sudan

Why does Sudan have so many pyramids?
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Jack the Ripper: Written In Blood

'Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood' - A Jack the Ripper figure emerging from a paper with red splatters around him
Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood

Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood
Drama reconstruction of a man reading a copy of 'The Star' newspaper next to a sign saying 'Murder Maniac'
Has Jack The Ripper’s identity been revealed?

Writer Russell Edwards believes he has finally unmasked Jack The Ripper. However, do his findings — including results of DNA testing — stand up to scrutiny?
1888 illustration of Mary Jane Kelly standing in an alleyway
The 5 victims of Jack The Ripper

There are five canonical Jack the Ripper victims, but who were these women and how did they end up as targets?

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'Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood' - A Jack the Ripper figure emerging from a paper with red splatters around him

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'BRADLEY WALSH: EGYPT'S COSMIC CODE' - Bradley Walsh looms over the Great Pyramids and lifts one up with his finger

Bradley Walsh: Egypt's Cosmic Code
Rick and Marty Lagina's faces either side of a road leading to Oak Island

The Curse of Oak Island
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Actors portraying WWII soldiers traversing through the snow

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A German U-Boat surrender to the US Navy

The Nazis who surrendered after VE Day
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T.P O'Connor, Ernest Parke and Frederick Best in 'Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood'

Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood – 5 key characters
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COMMANDO MISSIONS - Map showing plans for a mission along a river

Commando Missions
GREATEST ESCAPES OF WORLD WAR II - WWII soldiers feeling in darkness illuminated by search lights

Greatest Escapes of WWII
A SERIAL KILLER IN NAZI PARIS - Dr. Marcel Petiot's face overlayed on an image of the Eiffel Tower and a pile of human skulls

A Serial Killer In Nazi Paris
THE SOUNDS AND THE FURY - A plane flies over soldiers on a WWII battlefield while explosions go off in the distance

The Sound And The Fury
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Ancient Egypt

Replica of the Tutankhamun's funeral mask found in Egypt

The greatest pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
A Sarcophagus coffin inside an Ancient Egyptian tomb

The curse of King Tutankhamun and the mummy's tomb
Egyptian mummy close up detail with hieroglyphs in background

5 strangest things found inside pyramids  
The statue of Ramses II Illuminated at night in the temple of Luxor

10 ancient facts about Ramses the Great
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Prophecies

Crystal ball and fortune teller hands. Divination concept. The spiritual seance. Future reading.

Prophet Warnings: 9 intriguing predictions from history
Sinking of the Titanic Illustration

6 premonitions of disasters that came true
A 1686 engraving of Mother Shipton

Yorkshire's Nostradamus: The life and prophecies of Mother Shipton
Pandemonium by John Martin

7 times the world was predicted to end 
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