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History Repeats: 10 Lessons We Still Haven't Learned From History…

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How The Famous Dodo Bird Went Extinct

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The Sailor Who Survived a Doomed Expedition

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Meet The Woman Who Caused A King to Become A…

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Who Would've Thought Cotton Candy Was Invented By A Guy…

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20 Unluckiest People in History

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MH370: The Plane That Can't Be Found

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The Louvre's Forgotten Artists and Their Remarkable Stories

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MH370: The Plane That Can't Be Found

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Should European Museums Return Looted Artifacts? Experts Weigh In

Per source. Please creditLast month, the Netherlands promised to return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to its place of origin, Egypt. It…

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

Pedro Ribeiro Simões on WikimediaThe image of a straight-laced CIA agent hardly goes hand and hand with the rebellious, chain-smoking,…

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The Rise & Fall of The Medicis, the Family That…

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

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