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A stock image showing Santa Claus on a rooftop dropping presents down a chimney

History of Santa Claus & Father Christmas
Berlin Wall in the evening

History of the Berlin Wall
Dr Helen Sharman

HISTORY's Forgotten People: Helen Sharman
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria in 1939

HISTORY's Forgotten People: Lavrentiy Beria
A mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion

Hitler Develops an Atomic Bomb: What Happens Next?
A photograph of a bag of gold coins

Holy Money: How the Knights Templars got so Rich
A waxwork of Arnold Schwarzenegger at Madame Tussaud’s London, UK

How Arnie went from the Terminator to the Governator
Flags of Mossad and Israel painted on cracked wall

For by wise guidance you can wage your war': Mossad's mysterious history
Photo of suffragette Emily Davison

Did the suffragettes do more harm than good?
The hunt continues.

Did Hitler escape his bunker in Berlin?
October - BERLIN: the Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) in the Tiergarten district of Berlin.

The divisive history of the Berlin Wall
A UFO hovering in the night sky

Do aliens exist? Most compelling evidence of alien existence
A person scraping ice from a car windscreen

Driving in Sub-Zero Temperatures

Dan Blankenship: a treasure-hunting life
Feng shui compass

Empire builders: greatest Inventions
Letters of Love in WW2

Cyril Mowforth’s WW2 poetry
A waxwork of Evel Knievel at Madame Tussauds museum in Las Vegas, USA

Evel Knievel's 5 greatests stunts

Exclusive WTM delegate competition
A 'Welcome to Alaska' state sign

Facts About Alaska
In episode three of Robert Redford's The West we see turbulent times across the nation.

Custer's ego came out on top
A Guy Fakes mask

Failed conspiracies that would have changed the world
An explorers hand in the middle of a jungle

Famous Real Life Survival Stories
A photograph of oil drilling in Belarus

Finding Oil and Gas
A pawn shop sign on a building

5 of the best things to buy from a pawnbrokers

8 Things We Learned from Ozzy - Episode 9

7 Things You Might Not Know About Viriathus
An old book with the title 'Shakespeare' on the cover

10 Words We Owe to Shakespeare

Light in human hand in the dark

Five Miracles in History
A painting of a medieval feudal township at night featuring crowds gathered in the town's centre

Medieval Life: The Best & Worst Bits

10 Biggest Ever Buys on Pawn Stars
Businessman counting money over suitcase on dark background

5 Terrifying Drug Lords You’ve Never Heard Of
Santa Claus wearing a green suit instead of the traditional red colour

8 forgotten Christmas traditions of the UK
Billy The Exterminator goes North, showing on entertainment TV channel BLAZE.

5 of the strangest jobs in History
A photograph of an ancient map and letter tiles spelling 'Treasure'

5 Lost Treasures Waiting To Be Found
Sean Bean on Waterloo

10 Things you probably didn't know about Sean Bean
Franklin Roosevelt on the 17th July 1920 receiving his official notification for Democratic Vice President

10 things you didn't know about Roosevelt