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A map showing the approximate location of the Bermuda Triangle, between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico

Five of the most mysterious Bermuda Triangle disappearances

Mysteries

A large ship floating on the sea in front of a full moon

Forget the Flying Dutchman, these creepy ghost ships are completely real

Mysteries

A groundhog pops his head out of a snow covered burrow

Punxsutawney Phil, the only weatherman you need this Groundhog Day

Popular Culture

A road sign in Scotland shows two aliens holding hands

Why is a small village in Scotland the UK's UFO hotspot?

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies

UFO concept. A flying triangle floating above the countryside at night

Is the UK government withholding information about UFOs?

Out of the survey’s 1,500 respondents, more than half (54%) said they believe the UK government has information about the existence of aliens and UFOs, which it’s withholding from the public

Mysterious lights shine through a forest at night

What happened at the Rendelsham Forest Incident, Britain's answer to Roswell?

Over forty years on, are we any closer to understanding what exactly happened that cold and frosty winter's night?

Mysteries

Oumuamua comet, interstellar object passing through the Solar System, unusual shaped asteroid (3d space rendering)

Oumuamua: Did an alien probe visit our solar system in 2017?

The first interstellar object detected in the solar system has left astronomers baffled?

Mysteries

Edinburgh Castle

5 historic British holiday destinations

British History

The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: 5 facts about Tudor England's biggest naval victory

British History

King John signs Magna Carta

Three ways Magna Carta changed the world

British History

The Battle of Waterloo

Was the British Empire a force for good?

Colonialism

A map showing the approximate location of the Bermuda Triangle, between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico

Five of the most mysterious Bermuda Triangle disappearances

Mysteries

A large ship floating on the sea in front of a full moon

Forget the Flying Dutchman, these creepy ghost ships are completely real

Mysteries

A large ice formation floating on the coast of Antarctica

The coolest and creepiest Antarctic mysteries

Secrets in the Ice

A road sign in Scotland shows two aliens holding hands

Why is a small village in Scotland the UK's UFO hotspot?

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies

A photograph showing Althea Gibson playing tennis

Althea Gibson: The woman who shattered the race barrier at Wimbledon

Sport

A portrait of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: The prison years

Black History

Darwin used taxidermy to preserve Galapagos goldfinches. The differences he observed between species played an important part in developing the theory of evolution.

John Edmonstone – the man who taught Darwin

Not What You Thought You Knew

Bust of the Emperor Caracalla who was of African descent

The history of black Britain: Roman Africans

Ancient History

A Sarcophagus coffin inside an Ancient Egyptian tomb

The curse of King Tutankhamun and the mummy's tomb

Ancient History

Punishment of Ixion

Who were the major Roman gods and goddesses?

Ancient History

A Beltane bonfire

The Wheel of the Year: the calendar of pagan festivals explained

Ancient History

Ouch! 8 of the most brutal execution methods from the ancient world

Ancient History

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940 | Public Domain

Douglas Bader: The double-amputee flying ace of the Battle of Britain

Battles

Mametz, Western Front, a winter scene, painting by Frank Crozier | Public Domain

Lesser known facts about The Battle of the Somme

WW1

Harold Rex Interfectus Est | Bayeaux Tapestry | Public Domain

How the Battle of Hastings was won

Battles

Portrait of Toussaint Louverture, foreground and painting 'The Battle at San Domingo' by January Suchodolski, background

Toussaint Louverture and the birth of Haiti

Battles

Joan of Arc: The French heroine who saved her nation but became a martyr

Medieval History

Germaine Delapierre

The 1921 Women's Olympiad: 100 years of women's sport

Women's history

Artemisia I of Caria

Three little known warrior women from history

Women's history

Noor Inayat Khan

The real-life women who inspired WW2 screen heroines

Women's history

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King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson on holiday in Yugoslavia, 1936.

Heirs behaving badly: Playboy princes and other royal bad boys

Kings and Queens

Princess Elizabeth In Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945

Four surprising ways that Queen Elizabeth II contributed to WW2

Kings and Queens

Surprising facts about England's lesser-known kings and queens

Kings and Queens

King James I and VI - Portrait attributed to John de Critz, c. 1605

Popery, puritans and witches: The reign of King James I and VI

Kings and Queens

Spanish galleon treasure theory

The Curse of Oak Island

Curse of Oak Island Tunnel Discovery

Curse of Oak Island Tunnel Discovery

The Curse of Oak Island

Rick and Marty get tunnel vision

The Curse of Oak Island

Watch: Discovering the eye of the swamp on Oak Island

The Curse of Oak Island