Nero's Party House
Nero was one of ancient Rome's most infamous rulers, notorious for his cruelty and vice, and whose reign eventually descended into chaos and rebellion. But did you know that an accidental discovery of...
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The Father of History
Did you know that the study of history, the very principles of historical inquiry and methodology that influence the discipline today began in Ancient Greece with one, Herodotus, referred to as the "F...
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The Hammurabi Way
The principle of "an eye for an eye" is often associated with the concept of lex talionis, which is Latin for "law of retaliation." But did you know that the saying's oldest known origin was only disc...
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Conversations: How History and Science go hand in hand, w/ Edward J. Larson
Today's guest is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of, among other works, the best-selling Summer of Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion and th...
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Aliens Over Texas
Rosewell is indisputably the most famous alleged UFO crash site in American history. But did you know that one morning in 1897, six years before the Wright Brothers invented their airplane and fifty y...
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Nazi Bureaucracy
World War II is one of the most documented conflicts in all of world history, with countless memoirs, documents, recorded recollections, pictures, and movies. But when it comes to the conflict, one of...
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Virginia Breaks Up With Virginia
We all know that there are two Virginias, but did you know that West Virginia is the only state formed because of the Civil War? While the rest of the nation dealt with the more popular confrontation ...
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Edgar Allan Poe's Bad Reputation
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most renowned American writers of the 19th century whose famous works have stood the test of time. But did you know that in his lifetime, the master of the macabre was o...
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