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The Man Who Defied the Tanks in Tiananmen Square

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Was The Marquis de Lafayette “The Hero Of Two Worlds”? Kind Of.

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20 Historical Figures Who Were Unlucky in Love

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How A Little Chocolate Led To A $100 Million Diamond…

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The Incredible Female Painter Who Bested Her Ex In Court

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The Woman Who Survived Siberia's Arctic Alone for Eighty-Nine Years

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Ambrose Bierce Was One Of America's Favorite Authors—Then He Vanished…

Unknown authorUnknown author on WikimediaAmbrose Bierce's 1890 short story "An…

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These Historical Movies Should Win The Oscar For Least Accurate

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You Think You Have Problems? These Royal Families Were Cursed

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Why America Should Have Entered WWII Earlier

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Alice Roosevelt, The White House Wild Child

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Should European Museums Return Looted Artifacts? Experts Weigh In

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The Modern Art Form That was Secretly Funded by the CIA During the Cold War

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How A Little Chocolate Led To A $100 Million Diamond Heist

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This Popular Brewery Took Care Of Any Employee Who Fought In WWI

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The Man Who Defied the Tanks in Tiananmen Square

D. Thompson on WikimediaOn the morning of June 5, 1989,…

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Was The Marquis de Lafayette “The Hero Of Two Worlds”?…

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The Sailor Who Survived a Doomed Expedition

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20 Trailblazing Women Of The Renaissance

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20 Unluckiest People in History

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