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Cannons and Artillery
Episode 1911
Over the last several centuries, one of the weapons that has defined warfare has been artillery.
It was used in the conquest of Constantinople by sh…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
John Brown
Episode 1910
In the decades prior to the outbreak of the US Civil War, abolitionists had been ratcheting up their efforts to end the institution of slavery.
The…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Law of the Sea (Encore)
Episode 1909
The world as we know it is made up of 193 countries, Antarctica, and a host of territories.
However, between all of those places are the high seas or …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
A History of Soap and Detergent
Episode 1908
Sometime in the last 24 hours, most of you have used soap or detergent, either directly or indirectly.
Soap, like many other things, was most likely…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
King Leopold and the Congo Free State
Episode 1907
In the late 19th century, during the scramble for Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized a large landmass in Central Africa.
By doing this, he cr…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
German POWs in America
Episode 1903
Prisoners of war or POWs during the 20th century were a part of war.
Beligerant nations had to develop systems to guard, house, and feed their prison…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Washington Monument
Episode 1905
Almost immediately after the death of George Washington in 1799, the United States began to think of ways to commemorate and honor the father of the …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Velvet Revolution and The Velvet Divorce
Episode 1904
The country of Czechoslovakia was born and died in the 20th century.
It was created after a war, suffered through another war, was occupied during t…
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The 1970 Ancash Earthquake
Episode 1903
On May 31, 1970, one of the most devastating disasters in Peruvian history occurred.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit just off the coast of Peru, crea…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Domestication of Sheep
Episode 1902
Sometime around 11,000 years ago, somewhere in the Middle East or Central Asia, someone figured out how they could keep wild sheep and breed them.
T…
5 months, 3 weeks ago