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The Dark and Deadly History of the Plague (03:16)
National Treasure: The History Of The Lie Detector (06:20)
What 'Bridgerton' Gets Right About the Regency Era (03:41)
Why Do We Vote on Tuesdays? (02:10)
The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Civilization (03:19)
Five Unexpected Facts About George Washington (02:54)
What Really Happened in the Election of 1800? (03:24)
How One Photographer Recreated 19th-Century Portraits With the Descendants of Civil War Heroes (01:58)
Five Surprising Facts About Pompeii (02:47)
Five Surprising Facts About Rosa Parks (02:10)
The Shocking History and Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials (03:00)
From Love to Tragedy: The Stories of Henry VIII's Six Wives (02:38)
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)
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)
Elmo's Rise to Stardom (05:29)
This Ancient Egyptian Mega-Tomb Is the Largest of Its Kind (03:38)
The California Raisins' Smashing Advertising Success (06:43)
A Coffin Is Unearthed Using Ancient Egyptian Tech (03:52)
Why Queen Elizabeth Hit Pause on Princess Margaret's First Love (02:56)
Conversations in Context: Honoring Asian American & Pacific Islander History (09:25)
A Serial Killer Used the 1893 World's Fair to Lure Two of His Victims (04:59)
Conversations in Context: How Bigotry in Business Was Met by Asian American Solidarity (11:56)
Conversations in Context: Media Portrayals of the Asian American Experience (10:54)
Footage of the Prosperous Greenwood District and the Tulsa Massacre (01:33)