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The Great Timbuktu Book Heist

The Great Timbuktu Book Heist

How the city’s librarians smuggled 400,000 ancient texts past Al-Qaeda
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Prateek Dasgupta
The Gondola: A Floating Symbol of Venice

The Gondola: A Floating Symbol of Venice

Everyone has seen a gondola at least once, but what lies behind this iconic boat? Let’s uncover its story and its secrets together.
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Martino Sacchi
Poznań, Budapest and the Blood That Binds Them Together

Poznań, Budapest and the Blood That Binds Them Together

How the events of 1956 ensured an inseparable bond between the two major cities located in different countries.
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Vickey Maverick.
Forgotten Hero of Waterloo

Forgotten Hero of Waterloo

The secrets of the Napoleonic Wars hidden in a small London park
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Anton Krutikov
How Did the Pork Taboo Originate?

How Did the Pork Taboo Originate?

Exploring why one-third of humanity doesn’t consume pork
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Prateek Dasgupta
The Forgotten People Who Built the Bamiyan Buddhas

The Forgotten People Who Built the Bamiyan Buddhas

The origins, rise, and fall of the White Huns
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Prateek Dasgupta
On McVeigh’s Trail

On McVeigh’s Trail

The Oklahoma City bombing 30 years later.
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Grady Bolding
Australia on the Ground 2300 BCE

Australia on the Ground 2300 BCE

The Last Volcano and the Oldest Human Story of Cataclysm
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Simon Cameron
The Making of Assam Tea

The Making of Assam Tea

How British botany, Chinese expertise, and Indian labor combined to set up India’s first tea estates
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Rituparna
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680

The First American Revolution
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Jon Hunner in Driven by the Past
In This Town, People Still Live in 9000 Year Old Stone Age Homes

In This Town, People Still Live in 9000 Year Old Stone Age Homes

A remarkable story of continuous inhabitation since Neolithic times in Italy
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Prateek Dasgupta
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