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Madrid
Episode 1262
Every major city in the world has its own unique story. Some cities have an ancient history, and others have a more recent founding.
Madrid, the capit…
2 years, 4 months ago
Scurvy (Encore)
Episode 1261
When Europeans began sailing the high seas on extended voyages, the most deadly thing they encountered wasn’t enemy navies, starvation, or even shipw…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Episode 1260
On the evening of April 14, 1865, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was shot while attending a play in Washington DC.
The assa…
2 years, 4 months ago
Encyclopedias
Episode 1257
Ever since humans began writing down information, there has been a desire to compile all known information into one single source.
For over two thous…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Acadian Expulsion (Encore)
Episode 1258
Beginning in the 16th century, French settlers crossed the Atlantic to settle in a French colony located in the New World. That colony wasn’t modern-…
2 years, 4 months ago
Potpourri: Incredible Coincidences
Episode 1257
The dictionary defines a coincidence as “A sequence of events that, although accidental, seems to have been planned or arranged.”
We have probably all…
2 years, 4 months ago
Copper
Episode 1256
When humans first learned how to work with metal, the very first metal they used was copper.
Copper was easy to shape, easy to find, and relatively a…
2 years, 4 months ago
Alexander the Great
Episode 1255
In the year 356 BC, a son was born to the King of Macedon, Philip II, and his wife, Queen Olympias.
While no one could have known it at the time, that…
2 years, 4 months ago
Punctuation Marks (Encore)
Episode 1254
There was a time when languages had no punctuation. Not only did they not have punctuation, but they also didn’t even have spaces between words, and …
2 years, 4 months ago
Cracking the Enigma Code
Episode 1253
During the Second World War, the Germans used what they thought to be an uncrackable encryption system.
It was a really good encryption system, and f…
2 years, 4 months ago