History Shorts

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  • Each day, award-winning historian and author Peter Zablocki shares his research into the little-known and hidden-in-plain-sight historical curiosities you probably never heard of. All in the little time you probably do not have.
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  • Titanic by the Numbers
    Aug 1 2024
    When the luxurious passenger liner RMS Titanic was built in 1912, it was deemed practically unsinkable. Well, we all know how that ended. When looking at the disaster more analytically, instead of emotionally, quite a lot of interesting people and cargo sunk to the bottom of the ocean floor that day. I guess it's time to talk about some numbers.
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    9 m
  • Sex and Corn Flakes
    Jul 31 2024
    Cereals; the good wholesome breakfast for children and adults alike for nearly two centuries. Sure, we all have our favorite. But did you know that the pioneer cereal brand and historically one of the most popular ones, Corn Flakes, might have actually been devised as a kind of reverse Viagra?
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    9 m
  • Sheep Wars
    Jul 30 2024
    Sure, by the mid 20th century, the American West became more settled and regulated through the development of laws and regulations regarding land use and grazing rights. But did you know that just a little over fifty years before, the border region between the states of Wyoming and Colorado erupted into a deadly armed conflict over sheep?
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    9 m

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