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A display of vintage cigarette boxes

When cigarette adverts were banned: a look back 60 years on
Black and white photograph of Billy Hill onboard a cruise ship

Billy Hill: The forgotten Don
Black and white tintype of Cynthia Ann Parker in a golden frame

Cynthia Ann Parker and the brave women of the Wild West
Colourised image of William Shakespeare talking to his family. His wife and daughters sit listening to him while his son, Hamnet, stands over his shoulder

Who is Hamnet Shakespeare? William Shakespeare's lost son
Black and white photograph of British troops in Burma celebrating after hearing the news of the Japanese surrender

WWII: Britain’s forgotten role in VJ Day
Troy Landry wearing a blue polo shirt while standing on a boat in the middle of the swamp

King of the Swamp: Who is Troy Landry?
Black and white photograph of the moment of impact between the two trains during the 'Crash at Crush'

When railway chaos became thrilling live entertainment

(L - R) Travis Taylor, Bryant ‘Dragon’ Arnold, Erik Bard, Kaleb Bench and Thomas Winterton look to the sky. Bryant is pointing at something in the sky while Brandon, Erik and Kaleb shield their eyes from the sun

Curse of Skinwalker Ranch cast: Meet the team
High angle view of Nagasaki Peace Park in Japan. Scenery consist of statues, many buildings, blue sky with cloud and green trees.

Nagasaki: Remembering 80 years since the second bomb
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial in the 21st century with cherry blossoms in the foreground

Hiroshima: 80 years since a devastating dawn
Black and white photograph showing poster in a German train station appealing for help in the capture of the Baader-Meinhog gang members

Have you heard of the Baader-Meinhof gang?
People raise their hands as they ride the Cyclone rollercoaster in Coney Island

History's most dangerous fairground rides
Black and white portrait photograph of Charles Goodyear

4 forgotten inventors who changed the world
Painting showing French sailors firing a cannon while a 'powder monkey' - a young boy holding a container of gunpowder - stands next to them

Powder monkeys and horse divers: The strangest jobs from history
Kevin Costner

6 facts you didn’t know about Kevin Costner
Monument with the inscription in Russian "To participants of liquidation of consequences of radiation accident Kyshtym-57"

The Kyshtym disaster: Russia’s hidden nuclear crisis

Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands and Princess Elisabeth of Belgium dressed in ball gowns

7 Gen Z royals you need to know about
Young people in the US celebrate VJ Day while holding newspapers with the headline 'WAR ENDS'

WWII: What happened on VJ Day?
A ceremony to celebrate the liberation of Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Cenotaph in 1945

VJ Day 80: The forgotten story of Hong Kong’s liberation
Glowing mysterious lights floating in the sky on a spooky foggy winters night

Lakenheath-Bentwaters incident: The UK’s Roswell
Still from the 1954 film 'Sitting Bull' showing Sitting Bull sitting with Robert Parrish

How accurate is the 'Sitting Bull' movie?
A hansom cab on a London street in 1877

The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894
Photo of the Pre-hispanic art from Mexico

4 predictions the Mayan calendar got right (and one it didn’t)
Painting of Mary Magdalene kneeling before Jesus after his resurrection

8 facts you didn’t know about Mary Magdalene
Pickle Wheat picking up a large python in the Florida Everglades

Swamp People: Serpent Invasion - Who is Pickle Wheat?
The Toronto skyline at night

Mafia in Canada: How the ’Ndrangheta built a Toronto empire
Rylan Clark and Professor Alice Roberts stand in front of an evidence board

Witches of Essex: What Rylan Clark’s new series might reveal
Missiles with warheads ready to be launched

Atomic: What is 'The Atomic Bazaar'?
Thomas Winterton

Curse of Skinwalker Ranch: Who is Thomas Winterton?
The Fountain of Youth, 1546 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder

History’s hunt for the Fountain of Youth
An old iron chastity belt on display

7 biggest sex myths from history
Bas-Relief of Pharaoh Thutmose III smiting and killing Canaanite enemies at the Battle of Megiddo on the Seventh Pylon in Karnak Temple

4 legendary battles from Ancient Egypt
Madam C.J Walker

Madam C.J. Walker: History's first female self-made millionaire
The Gilbert 238 Atomic Energy Lab on display in a museum

The shockingly hazardous history of radioactive toys
Postcards and other seaside essential being sold at a beachfront store

The (cheeky) history of British seaside postcards
Silhouette of the Curse of Skinwalker Ranch team against a hazy evening sky with lights from a UFO hovering above them

How to watch ‘Curse of Skinwalker Ranch’ season 6 in the UK