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Portrait Of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna by Vladimir Borovikovsky in 1800

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2018-02-27

"The Balcony" by French painter Edouard Manet in 1869

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2018-02-24

Coastal Landscape by Flemish painter Paul Bril in 1596

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2018-02-21

During WWII, when the Japanese invaded Alaska more Americans were killed than at Pearl Harbor

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2018-01-13

in 1979 The eradication of the smallpox virus was certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.

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2017-12-08

In the 1800s most women were topless in India. In Kerala, a southern region forbade upper garments for lower caste women. However, the upper caste was allowed lightly covered clothes on top

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2017-11-19

When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain in 1493, he was thrown in jail for mistreating the native population of Hispaniola

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2017-11-18

in 1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon

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2017-11-17

Norwegian crusader King Sigurd I took 5,000 men in 60 ships to Jerusalem and returned back without losing a single battle.

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2017-04-06

As per the constitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina have three Presidents. they switch responsibilities every eight months

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2017-03-13

Roman Emperor Nero married two men, one as the groom and another as the bride

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2017-02-23

Marilyn Monroe on set of The Misfits in 1961

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2017-02-18

During 1900’s a legislator from New York argued that letting women own properties attacked both God and Nature

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2017-02-16

Archaeologists were shocked to find ancient Roman coins buried in the ruins of a castle in Japan. How could this be possible?

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2017-02-16

During World War II, kids in London, played in gas masks during the Blitz so they'd get used to them

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2016-12-11

Malvine, Dying In The Arms Of Fingal by French painter Anne-Louis Girodet

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2016-10-18

In the 18TH Century “Reading fever” was considered an epidemic whereby young people spent too much time reading

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2016-10-14

In 1535, when Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he allegedly tried to ride on them

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2016-10-10

A Woman Seated In Oriental Dress by Alfred Stevens in XIX-XX cent.

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2016-10-07