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The Quiet Horror of Medieval Medicine
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In the candlelit world of the Middle Ages, medicine was as much rit…
4 months, 1 week ago
The HORRIFYING Experience of Childbirth in Ancient Rome
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Childbirth in ancient Rome was never a promise of life. For Roman w…
4 months, 1 week ago
The STRANGE Things Victorians Did
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The Victorians liked to think of themselves as the pinnacle of prog…
4 months, 1 week ago
The TERRIFYING Effects of Thalidomide (Birth Defect Scandal)
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Tonight’s story is not set on a battlefield or in the ruins of an e…
4 months, 1 week ago
The 5 Mass Extinctions That Nearly Erased Life (Up to 90% Died)
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Life on Earth has never been stable — it has always teetered on the…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The HORRIFYING Fate of a Hurricane Katrina Survivor
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In late August 2005, New Orleans was forever changed. Tonight, you …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why You Wouldn’t Survive the Great Blizzard of 1888
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On March 11th, 1888, New York and much of the Northeast awoke to wh…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
What Halloween Was REALLY Like in the Middle Ages
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Step into a medieval village on All Hallows’ Eve—what we now call H…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
What Life Was REALLY Like on the American Frontier
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The American frontier is remembered as a land of freedom, cowboys, …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why You'd REGRET Shopping at a Medieval Market
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Step through the gates of a medieval bazaar and discover that what …
4 months, 2 weeks ago