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Despite being accused of murdering his own wife, children and countless other innocents, King Herod is still known as 'the ...

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The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the ancient world’s most prestigious libraries. So, why did it disappear, and how ...

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The suffragettes took militant action in a bid to gain British women the vote. Here’s how a plot to set the Wimbledon tennis grounds ablaze in 1913 was foiled.

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Henry II of France was a personal acquaintance of Nostradamus, who once addressed him in a letter as 'The most invincible Henry King of France'. Unfortunately, Henry actually turned out to be very ...

September marks the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. There are some however who do not believe the official story of events, shrouding the day in a fog of suspicion and ...