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May 1, 2026
Tug of war, live pigeon shooting, and the genuinely strange events that once passed for athletic competition on the world's grandest stage.
Apr 28, 2026
Ancient commanders who used bee-filled clay pots as weapons — and it worked.
Apr 24, 2026
How one gambler's theory about money nearly destroyed the French economy — and why we keep falling for the same trick
Apr 21, 2026
Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived a bomb. Then his driver made a wrong turn — and history was never the same.
Apr 17, 2026
On September 26, 1983, the world almost ended.
Apr 14, 2026
Step inside Hyde Park on a bright May morning in 1851. Six million people are about to do the same — and none of them will ever forget it.
Apr 10, 2026
Hitler ordered the French capital razed to the ground.
Apr 7, 2026
From Vienna to Versailles — what separates a peace that holds from one that plants the seeds of the next war.
