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Nestled within the lush expanse of Kenya's highlands, a peculiar slice of colonial history unfolded in the early 20th century. This tale,...

Good news for fans of delectable Chinese cuisine: the individual behind the infamous "democracy manifest" is still among us, (he isn't a...

Joseph Ducreux, a painter hailing from Nancy, France, emerged onto the canvas of history during the waning years of the Ancien Régime....

"Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always" - IRA statement to Margaret...

Between the years of 1484 and 1750, Western Europe would bear witness to a staggering toll: over 200,000 women faced torture, burning, or...

After documenting the harrowing scenes of liberation at Buchenwald and Dachau, including piles of human bones and the haunting presence...

February 4, 1974 saw the abduction of 19-year-old Hearst from her Berkeley residence. The perpetrators, a small leftist group known as...

The notion of the British conquest of India masks a deeper truth. In the late 18th century, it wasn't the British government, but a...

One of the finest achievements of European furniture making, this cabinet is the most important product from Abraham (1711--1793) and...

If you've worked in retail you'll know how boredom can often kick in. These industrious bookshop employees from The Librairie Mollat have...

Many composers like to handwrite their sheet music, but there have been so many machines invented to help print music. Perhaps one of...

Before becoming the renowned director behind masterpieces like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Shining," Stanley Kubrick was just a...

I can't claim to know much about motorsport, but Ayrton Senna's life transcends just the sport. The death of Ayrton Senna on 1 May 1994...

The executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953 stirred up a level of global controversy rarely matched by other death penalty...

The Denmark Place arson attack stands as one of London’s most tragic and devastating incidents, occurring on the night of August 16,...