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British soldier, explorer and big game hunter Frederick Selous, pictured in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936

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Allan Pinkerton

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A portrait of the English explorer Samuel Hearne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Q&AWhat is the origin of the phrase ‘going postal’, meaning ‘going berserk’?

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New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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An illustration depicting inhabitants of Hawaii making an offering to Captain Cook

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The gardens of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, Canada

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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King

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Antique print of the Boston Massacre from the American Revolutionary, by Paul Revere (American, 1734-1818) (hand-colored engraving), 1770. The title of the print is 'The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Reg't'. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

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