History
Historical events, civilizations, and significant moments
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History
A ninth-century truce still pauses wars for Easter
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Courts protect the press even during national security crises
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Turkey fields more tanks than the entire British army
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A prehistoric catastrophe once replaced an entire French population
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Prehistoric hunter-gatherers maintained sophisticated trade networks spanning hundreds of kilometers
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History
The United States Constitution allows a majority of the Cabinet to strip a president of power
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The North Korean leadership has maintained dynastic rule longer than the Romanov imperial family
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Alcatraz was closed because shipping fresh water across the bay made it too expensive
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A neutral host in a conflict can increase the odds of a resolution by thirty-five percent
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Early women's basketball players were forbidden from crossing the court to avoid nervous fatigue
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A 900-year-old Irish tower stays standing by using gravity instead of mortar
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Stone Age engineers built a calendar so precise it still tracks the winter solstice
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The Roman Colosseum used volcanic ash concrete to amplify whispers across its massive arena
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Victorian era weight loss pills contained live parasites that could grow twenty feet long
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Ancient timber building techniques can provide better earthquake resistance than modern rigid steel
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