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19th century painting of Attila the Hun riding a pale horse

10 ferocious facts about Attila the Hun : 'The scourge of god'
Vintage toned bomber aircraft and British Union flag

Great Britain's 6 biggest contributions to World War II
The 1976 heatwave

The great drought of 1976: The summer Britain sweltered
The SS Rex - S1, E4

Exploring the Depths: The making of 'The Secrets of the Lost Liners'
A large drumming group at Notting Hill Carnival

The History of Notting Hill Carnival
Replica of the Anitikythera Mechanism on display

The Antikythera Mechanism: The 'computer' from Ancient Greece
A group of Napoleonic reenactors charge into battle dressed in period uniforms of Napoleonic French Fusiliers at a re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo 1815.

10 facts about the Battle of Waterloo you didn't learn in school
Cartoon from 1858 depicting Death rowing through the River Thames

The Great Stink: London's unbearable summer of 1858
Left - Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games logo and sign outside Birmingham library. Right: Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis (C) of Malaysia during Men's Keirin track cycling in 2018.

5 frequently asked questions about the 2022 Commonwealth Games
A depiction of a hanging from a medieval painting (left) and a hangman's noose (right)

A short history of hanging in the UK 
Dr Travis Taylor - Curse of Skinwalker Ranch

When is 'Curse of Skinwalker Ranch' season 3 on in the UK?
Statue of Nero on the waterfront of Anzio, Italy

6 cruellest emperors from Ancient Rome
A magician wearing white gloves holds a top hat

The most unbelievable magic secrets ever performed
Dark corridor of an old abandoned underground bunker

Five secret bunkers to visit around the UK
A group of bikers wearing Hells Angels jackets

The Filthy Few: 10 facts about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
William Shatner in The UnXplained

'It's even more tantalising': William Shatner on The UnXplained S3
Montage image of a parasol on the beach, a thermometer reading 40, and cars driving on a sunny motorway

The 10 hottest temperatures in UK history
Little Italy in the 19th century and extreme drought in the Entrepenas reservoir

4 deadly heatwaves from history
A cook holding a large kitchen pot with green smoke coming out

The world's best-hidden secret recipes
Cracking the code S1 E2

Cracking the Code: Episode Guide
Smoke billowing from the Queen Elizabeth ship

Secrets of the Lost Liners: Episode Guide
Kevin Hoagland and Chris Hegg stood in the desert in front of a red truck

Lost Gold of the Aztecs: Episode Guide
Pigs on a farm

The pig war and other weirdly named battles in history
The Enigma machine

4 secret codes that are almost impossible to break
The Eye of Providence

The world’s most mysterious secret societies
A top secret file

The world’s most well-kept political secrets 
Summer of Secrets

More mystery, secrets and conspiracies than ever before
Did Baba Vanga predict the drought of 2022

Baba Vanga: Which of her predictions came true?
Nostradamus

Did Nostradamus predict 9/11?
Sign saying 'Area 51' on a chain-link fence

Area 51: From Roswell rumours to the present day

A derelict building on Skinwalker Ranch

9 unknown and spooky facts about Skinwalker Ranch
Close up view of an Aztec Calendar

The legend of Montezuma's lost Aztec treasure
Welcome to Roswell

75 years on: The most popular Roswell UFO theories
Slobodan Milosevic

The trials of the world's worst war criminals
Statue of Ivan the Terrible on a horse

5 of the most ruthless Tsars in history
Lost Gold of the Aztecs

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