List: Short Histories | Curated by David Graham

Jan 3, 2025
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Short Histories
Grant Piper
The Surprising Reason Medieval Maps Were So InaccurateA past practice that would be unimaginable today
Sep 17, 2024
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Sep 17, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
The 5 Most World Changing Innovations from the Last 200 YearsThese innovations gave us everything we have in the modern world
Nov 22, 2024
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Nov 22, 2024
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AfroSapiophile
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William Spivey
The Rape of Enslaved Black Men by White Women During SlaveryWhat Became of the Children That Often Resulted?
Nov 3, 2024
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Nov 3, 2024
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Lessons from History
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Jacob Wilkins
Five Bizarre Facts You (Probably) Don’t Know About World War IICrazy details from the Second World War
Aug 7, 2024
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Aug 7, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
Victorian Britain Absolutely Stunk – Here’s 4 Facts That Prove Just How Much SoWant to know why the Victorians invented sanitary science, look no further than these facts
Oct 25, 2024
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Oct 25, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
6 Astonishing Ways Victorian Innovation Shaped the Modern WorldGlobalisation, trains, time, sanitary science, holidays, Christmas, and much more
Oct 18, 2024
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Oct 18, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
4 Insane Facts that Show the Horrors of Poverty in Victorian EnglandThe most horrific slums in history, mass prostitution, parents kicking their children out onto the street, and more
Oct 12, 2024
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Oct 12, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
6 Fascinating Facts about the Victorian Era — Sex and FashionWomen’s crotchless underwear, the penile pricking ring, and more
Oct 1, 2024
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Oct 1, 2024
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Counter Arts
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Joseph James
England Was Discovered in 1501No, really
Sep 12, 2024
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Sep 12, 2024
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SPQR | Ancient Rome and the Ancient World
Why did Latin die out while the Greek language survived?Latin is currently a dead language. There is no nation today that uses it for everyday communication. After the division of the Roman…
Mar 31, 2024
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Mar 31, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
Ever Wondered Why the Scottish Wear the Kilt? Here’s the Mind Blowing AnswerIf you wish to know the power of fiction to define history, this is the story to read
Jun 11, 2024
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Jun 11, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
The American Revolutionary War Defined the Image of the Gunslinging CowboyBefore the Wild West cowboy, there was the American Revolutionary War cowboy
Apr 2, 2024
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Apr 2, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
Einstein’s 20 Most Famous Quotes — Which Ones He Said Versus Which Ones He Didn’tWhen Einstein said his most famous quotes, and which ones he never said
Mar 18, 2024
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Mar 18, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
10 Crazy Cool Facts That Tell the True Story of The Wild WestCowboy was a derogatory term, bank robberies were rare, and much more
Jan 29, 2024
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Jan 29, 2024
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
The Hilarious Story of How Napoleon Bonaparte Was Once Defeated by a Horde of Hungry Bunny RabbitsA hilarious story that proves fact is stranger than fiction
Jan 15, 2024
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Jan 15, 2024
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Lioness Rue
The Sisters Got Into an Incestuous Sexual Addiction With Each Other, Then Human Eyeballs Laid on a…The Tragedy of the Lancelins
Jun 22, 2023
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Jun 22, 2023
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
The Crazy Story of How a Chocolate Bar Led to The Discovery of The Microwave OvenIf you want proof of just how often luck is at the heart of invention, here it is
Nov 21, 2023
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Nov 21, 2023
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
Cleopatra VII Was Not Native Egyptian — Here Is the Story of Her Unique Family LineageCleopatra had two great-grandparents, normal people have eight
Oct 30, 2023
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Oct 30, 2023
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The Knowledge of Everything
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David Graham
Cowboys from the Wild West Did Not Wear Cowboy Hats — Here Is What They Really WoreEveryone thinks Wild West cowboys wore cowboy hats, but they didn’t
Oct 20, 2023
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Oct 20, 2023
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Short History
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Peter Preskar
The True Story 32 Men Fighting Over a Single Woman on a Remote IslandQueen of Anatahan — the lurid tale of sex and violent deaths
Aug 10, 2023
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Aug 10, 2023
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