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From Ides of March to Mayday: Five ways to welcome spring

Duchess of Gordon painted by Daniel Gardner

What does Bridgerton get right about the Regency period?
Catherine the Great

How did Catherine the Great really die?
Illustration from Chambers Book of Days depicting a sow on trial

The law is an ass: 8 famous animal trials from history
The very jaunty history of the sea shanty

The very jaunty history of the sea shanty
A photograph taken at Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

Geisha and the art of Japanese beauty
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Alec Steele forges the Japanese Katana blade

Alec Steele forges the Japanese Katana blade
Detail of an early 15th century tapestry showing a man offering his heart to a lady

Get your cloak, you’ve pulled! Top 10 medieval dating tips
Alec Steele

Brand new Forged with Steele and Forged in Fire
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7 important Japanese inventions from history
Lady Jane Grey

What if Lady Jane Grey had kept the throne?
Roswell: The First Witness - Episodes

Roswell: The First Witness - Episodes
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Watch: Five little known facts about the Lagina brothers

Watch: Five little known facts about the Lagina brothers
The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: 'A very powerful testament to today's readers'

The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: 'A very powerful testament to today's readers'
An edited photograph of a person holding a phone with emojis floating from the screen

The history of emojis
Jesse Marcel

Jesse Marcel: Roswell's 'First Witness'
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Gary strikes gold

Gary strikes gold
An engraving by William Sharp published in 1793, based on Boadicea Haranguing the Britons | Public Domain | Wikimedia

The life of Boudicca: the warrior queen of the the Iceni
Wax figures Rasputin in the exhibition "how to kill Rasputin"

6 Rasputin myths debunked
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Holy Shamoley

Holy Shamoley
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A button, a broach and a bobby dazzler

A button, a broach and a bobby dazzler
Mysterious discovery in the swamp

Mysterious discovery in the swamp
Jesse Marcel

Does an army officer's secret diary reveal new clues to Roswell?
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UFO Projects Declassified clip

UFO Projects Declassified clip
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New historic finds 170 feet below

New historic finds 170 feet below
'The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz': Book competition

'The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz': Book competition
The remains and ruins of Grey Friars friary on the hill at Dunwich beach Suffolk east Anglia England.

Britain's Atlantis: Dunwich, the sunken city of Suffolk
5 fiercest Viking warriors: From Harald Hardrada to Ivar the boneless

5 fiercest Viking warriors: From Harald Hardrada to Ivar the boneless
The Reichstag Fire considered as a False Flag operation by the Nazis was blamed on communist sympathiser Marinus van de Lubbe, left

The truth about 'False Flags' from Nazi Germany to the Vietnam War
Has Eric Ulis finally worked out the true identity of D.B. Cooper?

Has Eric Ulis finally worked out the true identity of D.B. Cooper?
Pyramidology: Why did Ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?

Pyramidology: Why did Ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?
Pharaoh

Win a copy of Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction
Lighthouse In Stormy Landscape

The Flannan Isle mystery: The three lighthouse keepers who vanished
Replica of the Tutankhamun's funeral mask found in Egypt

The greatest pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
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A lifebuoy from the RMS Titanic, 1912

Mistakes that sank the Titanic

Rick and Marty Lagina

Curse of Oak Island recap and what’s coming up in season 8