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Pirate Movies
Season 2 Episode 147
Since the birth of cinema, Pirates have been a part of the movies. Good pirates, bad pirates, fun pirates - they come in all shapes and sizes. Today …
4 weeks ago
Reconquista
Season 2 Episode 146
In 711, the Moors crossed from Morocco into Spain - conquering all of Portugal, most of Spain, and even parts of France. What followed was a nearly-8…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Purchase of Alaska
Season 2 Episode 145
In 1867, the United States - led by Secretary of State William Seward - agreed to purchase the territory of Alaska from the Russian government - for …
1 month ago
Silver Mines of Athens
Season 2 Episode 144
Just to the east of Athens are silver mines known as the Mines of Laurion. These mines, while abandoned today, were a critical component to the ancie…
1 month ago
Silver Mines of Potosi
Season 2 Episode 143
In 1545, the discovery of silver at the small South American village of Potosi would change the world. Over the next quarter of a century, 150,000 to…
1 month ago
Gregorian Calendar
Season 2 Episode 142
Every single day has something in common. It has a date, whether that is July 4, October 7, or even the rare February 29. And that is thanks to the c…
1 month ago
Piasa - the Monster of the Mississippi
Season 2 Episode 141
According to legend, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, there is a monster. It has horns like a deer, terrible red eyes, a l…
1 month ago
Hopewell Earthworks
Season 2 Episode 140
For several hundred years across the Ohio River Valley a civilization we know as the Hopewell Culture moved a lot of dirt. This dirt was moved into …
1 month, 1 week ago
El Palo Alto
Season 2 Episode 139
In 1769, a Spanish explorer camped under a tall, distinctive redwood tree along the banks of the San Francisquito Creek. Little did he know that tree…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Original Ponzi Scheme
Season 2 Episode 138
It takes a special art to get something named after you, positive or negative. Such is the case with the Ponzi scheme - one of the largest and most s…
1 month, 1 week ago