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Solomon Northup’s real 12 years a slave
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Harriet Tubman: Moses of her people
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Where does the word ‘shampoo’ come from?
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Ada Lovelace, the computing pioneer
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Billy the Kid – The Wild West’s Most Wanted Gunslinger
Georgians
The 18th-Century Origins of Psychiatry: A Grand Conspiracy?
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Ireland’s last witch burning
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8 greatest gunfights of the Wild West
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The incredible life of Annie Oakley
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A Royal Affair
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Seven forgotten and unsolved crimes
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The history of Christmas traditions
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Top 10: history’s oddest taxes
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In a nutshell: Chartism
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