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Lines on a map: borders that shaped world history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tartan: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Colorized illustration (after an engraving by Robert William Sievier) depicts English painter Sarah Biffen (1784 - 1850), 1821. Born without arms, she learned to paint, eventually receiving Royal commissions for her work. (Photo by Science Source/Photo Researchers History/Getty Images)
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“People have achieved all kinds of crazy things at the age of 18” | Alice Loxton on the teens who’ve changed British history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sun gods and goddesses 16 solar deities from world history

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Quiz: what year is it? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Our long obsession with the end of the world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Older man in a Sherlock Holmes type matching outfit and hat with a hand and a magnifying glass up to his face with a large pipe hanging out of his mouth.
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Quiz Can you find the odd one out? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A baby sits on a toilet and pulls toilet paper from a roll
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A brief history of the toilet: wiping, washing – plus, who invented the flush?

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Toilets through time | A HistoryExtra podcast series

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Our 2024 ‘30 under 30’ list

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Video podcast Welsh mythology: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Spanish Inquisition: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History’s greatest cities: Delhi . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Montage of famous assassinations, including Gandhi and JFK.
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50 assassinations that changed the world

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Video podcast British Redcoats: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.