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Frederick Douglass Disagreed with the Quakers Trying to Free Him (02:30)
How the U.S. Used Small Patrol Boats to Foil Iranian Mines (03:27)
The Dam Buster Bombers Set Their Sights on Hitler’s Last Battleship| (03:38)
Doris Miller went from Mess Attendant to a Hero of Pearl Harbor (03:57)
Why the Audain Art Museum is Built on 16-foot Legs (03:27)
Two Huge World War II Battleships Were Recommissioned for the Gulf War (03:36)
For "Chihuly Over Venice," the Artist Chose the Very Best Collaborators (02:28)
The All-Female Shang-Era Troops Led by Queen Fu Hao (03:24)
An Auction Buy Turns Out to Be a Unique U.S. Warship (03:43)
This 3000 Year-old "Oracle Bone" Helps Pick a Shang Dynasty Queen (03:23)
A Dazzling Ceremony for Alewammon With Lupita Nyong’o (02:47)
Piloting a "Torpedoboot" in World War II Was Practically a Suicide Mission (02:28)
The Forgotten Documentary about the Charles and Diana Wedding (03:52)
A Million People Saw Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in 2012 (02:11)
A Love of Horses Has Sustained the Queen Throughout Her Reign (02:29)
A Suspicious Number of People Died After Visiting This Tomb (02:41)
The Huns Used a Grotesque Practice to Unify Their People (03:34)
Ancient Rome's Polluted Air Was Attributed to Burning Firewood (02:01)
Malcolm X’s Fiery Speech Addressing Police Brutality (02:43)
The Queen’s One Condition for Celebrating her Silver Jubilee (03:49)
The Last Ship to Bring Enslaved Africans to America Arrived in 1860 (04:51)
Cat Mummies Were a Big Thing in Ancient Egypt (03:54)
Part of Manhattan Was Once Known as 'Death Avenue' (04:46)
The Manubalista Was Rome’s Secret Weapon in Ancient Britain (02:39)
How the Meaning of Thanksgiving Has Changed (02:31)
Before the Pilgrims Arrived, Europeans Had Raided and Devastated Native Communities for Years (02:43)
The Connections Between the Thanksgiving Story and Westward Expansion (03:12)
The Intelligence Failures That Could Have Averted JFK's Death (02:31)
In 1960, a Would-Be Assassin Tracked JFK to His Holiday Home (03:09)
Before 9/11, the World Trade Center Was Bombed by Terrorists in 1993 (02:17)
This Object in History: Fernandomania (05:27)
This Ancient Egyptian Mega-Tomb Is the Largest of Its Kind (03:38)