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A stock image of Santa Claus with a blurry warped background

How psychedelics may have inspired the story of Santa
The Real Vikings: Clive Standen Interview

The Real Vikings: Clive Standen Interview
Anne Boleyn

The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns

The cast of Borderland attempt to cross the US Mexican border.

The Road to America
Charles Lightloller

The officer who survived Titanic and saved lives at Dunkirk
The Secret History of the Knights Templar

The Secret History of the Knights Templar
Barnard Castle

The siege of Barnard Castle and the River Tees
A painting of an African man by Dutch painter Jan Mostaert

The story of Black History Month
Japanese soldiers pose next to a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen after capturing Shanghai: Wikipedia.

The Royal Ulster Riflemen and the battle of Shanghai
A photograph of The Statue of Liberty in New York, USA

The Story of the Statue of Liberty

The Strongest Man In History: episodes

The Strongest Man In History: episodes
Batalla de las Navas de Tolosa by Francisco van Halen

The Templars in Iberia: the Reconquista and the Spanish crusades
The Three Greatest Viking battles

The Three Greatest Viking battles
Left: A 3D rendering of Nessie, the famed lake monster of Loch Ness. Right: View of Loch Ness from the bank of Fort Augustus, Scotland.

Has Nessie been found? The true history of the Loch Ness monster
Entrance to underground military bunker in the forest.

The UK’s Secret WW2 Bunkers

Oliver Cromwell

The unlikely escapades of Oliver Cromwell's head
The UnXplained: episodes

The UnXplained: episodes
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The world's most infamous Spy Agency: the hidden history of the KGB
The Flag of the United States

This former US military man had ambitions of becoming President

Shipwreck

Top 10 Most Famous Shipwrecks

A photograph of an empty dinner plate

Top Cajun Cuisine To Eat While Watching Swamp People
A portrait of Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint Louverture and the birth of Haiti
A close-up of a map of the UK

UK, Great Britain, British Isles – the difference explained
'The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer' a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicts

Valentine's Day: A bloody love story
The Flag of the United States and Viking tools

Vikings, Living in America

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Was Emily Brontë a feminist?
A mock-up of Jack the Ripper alongside the a HH Holmes mugshot, but were they the same person?

Was HH Holmes Really Jack the Ripper?

Image | Fire in Rome by Hubert Robert.

Was Nero Responsible for the Great Fire of Rome?
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Was the destruction of Dresden an Allied war crime?
An American flag on a landing craft

What if D-Day had failed?
A photograph of Stalingrad after the first months of the German attack in November 1942, after two months of battle

What if Stalingrad had fallen?
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What is the most iconic western?

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What The Tattooist of Auschwitz teaches us about the Holocaust
A photograph of an eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcanoes in Indonesia

What Would Happen if a Supervolcano Erupted?
The Vikings are coming...

Where the Vikings Left their Mark
Which Barbarian Are You?

Which Barbarian Are You?