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Amazonian tribes may have been changing the rainforest as far back as 8,000 years ago
The story behind the Irish Hills Towers: the height of each tower was raised to exceed the other in an ongoing battle between the owners
The story of Herostratus, who gave his name to those who commit crimes in order to be noticed
The Bermuda Triangle is it really an area of mysterious & unexplained disappearances
Purple owes its association with royalty to the high expense of creating the dye
Footprints of a Mesolithic hunting party found on the coast of Wales
Ludger Sylbaris: The man who survived a volcanic eruption because he got arrested for being drunk and got into a fight
The Leistler Bookcase: a 19th-century masterpiece described as “a cathedral in wood“
The Crown of Princess Blanche is the oldest surviving crown of England and has been described as one of the finest achievements of the Gothic goldsmiths
For decades scholars have been studying Plimpton 322, a clay tablet from around 1800 BCE that contains complex mathematical inscriptions
