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The incredible story of Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), daughter of Pope Alexander VI (1431-1503), deli...
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Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...
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Discover the meteoric rise of Elon Musk, the man who is transforming the way we think about travel t...
Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.
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The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible ...
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...
NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a roc...
September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmac...