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Document Deep Dive: What Does the Magna Carta Really Say?
A curator from the National Archives takes us through what the governing charter means
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Moving is a lot easier if you live inside a giant ball
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The Ottoman Empire’s Life-or-Death Race
Custom in the Ottoman Empire mandated that a condemned grand vizier could save his neck if he won a sprint against his executioner
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Fighting Terrorism in the Future
A 1981 book predicted that the soldiers of the future could be more like heavily armed policemen than a fighting force
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On Heroic Self-Sacrifice: a London Park Devoted to Those Most Worth Remembering
In 1887, a painter was inspired by an idea: commemorate the everyday heroism of men, women and children who had lost their lives trying to save another’s
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Telemedicine Predicted in 1925
With video screens and remote control arms, any doctor could make a virtual housecall
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Why the Titanic Still Fascinates Us
One hundred years after the ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank, the tragedy still looms large in the popular psyche
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The World Will Be Wonderful In The Year 2000!
The secret formula for predicting a fantastical yet credible future
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One Library for the Entire World
In the years preceding the Internet, futurist books hinted at the massive information infrastructure that was to come
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The Mysterious Mr. Zedzed: The Wickedest Man in the World
Sir Basil Zaharoff was the archetypal “merchant of death”—an arms salesman who made a career out of selling to both sides in a conflict
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The secret of Glamis Castle—a concealed room, a hidden heir—was one of the great talking points of the 19th century. But will the mystery ever be resolved?
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Top Ten Demonstrations of Love
The inventor, the celebrity and the royal highness couldn’t resist the draw of making a grand gesture to the love of their life
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Why bother with cloning and time travel, when your dream safari awaits on a nearby planet?
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Revisiting The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Recently reissued, William L. Shirer’s seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading
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The Game that Put the NFL’s Reputation on the Line
In 1930, many football fans believed the college game was better than the professional one
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The Most Terrible Polar Exploration Ever: Douglas Mawson’s Antarctic Journey
A century ago, Douglas Mawson saw his two companions die and found himself stranded in the midst of Antarctic blizzards
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History Writers to Watch in 2012
A rundown of historians, authors and bloggers to follow in the coming year
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