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Napoleon Bonaparte was not just a military leader.
In the late 1800's, American politicians went on an expedition to find the reason why Germany was so technologically advanced.
What if the Germans had actually won WW2? What would the world be like?
Genghis Khan and his army of Mongol warriors killed hundreds of thousands of Jews in what year?
The real reason why the Romans were obsessed with having children
What’s your favorite history-based movie?
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many black Americans moved from the rural South to the cities of the North and Midwest to escape Jim Crow. However, many of these migrants were met with racial violence, known as "black scare" or "black flight," in which white communities would use intim…
The only woman in Pompeii that survived the eruption
The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 were held in Greece because the American owner of the Olympic name gave them to the Greeks.
The Great Wall of China was built to keep out Northern Chinese, not invaders. It was an internal barrier that divided China from the rest of the world.
The United States fought two separate civil wars back to back.
What's your favorite historical fact?
When I was a kid in the '80s my dad would buy a little bag of potato chips and my brother and I would fight over who was gonna get the chip with the little extra piece of potato on it.
When I was a kid my teacher told us about the 'lost' continent of Atlantis, so I drew a picture of it. She then explained that it was just a fictional place the greek philosopher Plato made up and I felt embarrassed.
The largest pre-Columbian city in Mesoamerica is just now being excavated
Did the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago promote racial segregation by banning African Americans from attending?
The Roman Empire was very good at warfare and military tactics. But the Roman Empire lost wars, even when they had superior military power. Why did Rome lose wars, when they had the best army in the world?
The 1940s-1960s were not a golden age for Hollywood. It was a period of massive commercialization and overproduction.
Most underrated historical figures?
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