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The shortest recorded war in human history happened in 1896 between Britain and Zanzibar. How long did the conflict last?
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During the intense medical boom of the eighteen hundreds, the lucrative black market demand for fresh human cadavers caused a terrifying surge in nighttime…
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Many of our modern copyright and patent frameworks are entirely based on 19th-century laws written for the printing press and steam engines. The strange…
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The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake remains the most devastating seismic event ever logged in terrestrial history. Striking a densely populated region where many…
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Walking around in the blazing sun is highly unpleasant, so clever inventors mounted waxed paper over bamboo frames. Originally designed strictly for shade…
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During a bizarre mass hysteria in 1518, hundreds of French villagers found themselves unable to stop doing what until they collapsed?
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