The story of British explorer Percy Fawcett's hunt for a lost city in the depths of the Amazon rainforest. 

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This is the story of slaves who rose up in rebellion and a landmark court case challenging the thin line between slavery and freedom.

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Animals play a massive, often untold, part in human history. This episode is the third and final part of a series of mini stories all about or relating to animals.

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Animals play a massive, often untold, part in human history. This episode is the second part of a series of mini stories all about or relating to animals.

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Animals play a massive, often untold, part in human history.

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The War of 1812 is often the forgotten war between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. But that little war, especially the final battle, has a profound effect on US history.

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Long ago, a group of people attempted to collect and store every piece of human knowledge on the planet in a single place. In this episode, you’ll take a tour of the great Library of Alexandria, and learn how its rise and fall deeply affected both the ancient and modern world.

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Several mini-stories about the presidential transfer of power in the United States.

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In 1534, radical Anabaptists took control of the German city of Munster and transformed it into a communal theocratic monarchy who proclaimed the apocalypse was right around the corner. They were right.

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The story of Ishi, the lone survivor of the Yahi people, who walked out of the California wilderness and into the modern world. 

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