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Weirdest Rules of French Royal Etiquette
Versailles etiquette was as complicated and ornate as the furniture and artwork filling the great chambers of the French royal palace. The smallest details of life at court, including personal hygiene, were dictated, regulated, and...
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Battle of Dara, 530 AD (Part 1/2) Rise of Belisarius
Battle of Dara, 530 AD (Part 1/2) Rise of Belisarius
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Portuguese & Brazilian Monarchs Family Tree
Portuguese & Brazilian Monarchs Family Tree
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Does Queen Elizabeth have any Black, Jewish, or Muslim Ancestors?
Does Queen Elizabeth have any Black, Jewish, or Muslim Ancestors?
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The Dark Origins of Cinderella
In large part thanks to Disney's version of her story, Cinderella is a familiar fairy tale character. The girl is maltreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, and essentially ends up as their servant. When it comes time for a royal...
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Facts about The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The idea for a consolidated list of wonderful man-made monuments came from writers in the ancient world. For example, Antipater of Sidon, a Greek writer from the 100s BCE, wrote a poem celebrating some of the known world's most...
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Why Are There 52 Cards In A Deck, With 4 Suits Of 13 Cards Each?
52 cards deck basically consist of 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs. Each suit further contains 13 cards: 10 ace cards (A to 10) and 3 picture cards: Jack, Queen, and King. Two suits (hearts and diamonds) in red color and...
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Nemrut Dağ, Turkey's enigmatic temple tomb
Dive into the mystery of Nemrut Dağ, where colossal statues pay homage to a king and ancient gods.<br/>
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Landmarks - NYE Climbers
NYE CLIMBERS- 4 PEAKS HOW DID YOU SPEND LAST NEW YEAR’S EVE? IT’S UNLIKELY IT WAS ATOP MT ELBRUS IN RUSSIA. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THIS DETERMINED, SOME SAY CRAZY, GROUP OF RUSSIANS SPEND EACH NEW YEAR ATOP THE WORLD’S TALLEST MOUNTAINS. THEN...
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Archimedes Principle: Explained in Really Simple Words
Archimedes principle states that if an object is submerged in a fluid, then the buoyant force acting on it is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by that object. Buoyant force exists because pressure increases as an object goes...
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Chaos By Mistake
How a small error in accuracy in the 19th century led to the prediction the Universe would one day fall apart – and the development of chaos theory. How small changes in dynamic systems can lead to much greater, unpredictable events....
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Queen Hatshepsut's Ship
An international team of archaeologists face a unique challenge to build a replica of the Pharaoh Queen's famous ship, based only on an ancient scale drawing. Maths - Space A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by...
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Discovery of DNA
The story of a race between two teams of scientists in the 1950s - Francis Crick and James Watson, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins - desperate to be the first to unlock the molecular structure of DNA. Biology - Cells And DNA -...
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Real Medieval War Stories That Sound Made Up
A blind king rode into battle, two armies clashed over a stolen bucket, and a severed head got its revenge by killing an earl. These medieval war stories sound completely fake - but they're all real.
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The Toughest Warriors in History
In the era of the battle royale, it’s no wonder that renewed interest has arisen in deciphering once and for all who the toughest warriors of all time were, both in the general sense and in the specific. Ranking various historical armies...
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The Mysterious Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower
For over half a millennium, the mysterious disappearance of the Princes in the Tower - 12-year-old King Edward V and his 9-year-old brother, Richard, the Duke of York - has been considered a treacherous murder committed by their uncle,...