Have you ever heard of the lost princess of the Romanov family, the Grand Duchess Anastasia? Well, there’s another story that’s very similar to it. It happened in France to Louis 17th, the Dauphin of France. And just like Anastasia, his name was wrapped up in story that outlived him.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dc-nDBnhQCA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVII

https://www.hulettscurrent.com/index.php/archives/2132

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_of_France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France

Have you ever heard of Moosham Castle in Austria. It’s a stunning building that has survived the test of time. If you were to just look at pictures, you would never guess that this castle is the sight of one of the most brutal witch hunts in history.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosham_Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaubererjackl_witch_trials

https://www.streetroots.org/culture/2021/10/06/sorcerer-jackl/

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Zaubererjackl_witch_trials

https://dundeescottishculture.org/history/judicial-torture-in-early-modern-scotland/

Imagine for a moment, that you’re an archeologist. You stumble across an ancient burial site, and you have to determine who this person might have been. As you can imagine, your opinion might come with some bias conclusions. Throughout history, this has happened to many remains have been discovered. It’s only recently that we’ve gone back over these records and found out, we were wrong.

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Sources:

https://historycollection.com/lovers-of-pompeii-dna-results-two-maidens-were-men/

https://www.history.com/articles/dna-proves-viking-women-were-powerful-warriors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka_grave_Bj_581

https://medium.com/@kerenwang/human-sacrifice-during-shang-dynasty-a85b73b2b2c0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Fu_Hao

https://smarthistory.org/tomb-of-fu-hao/?__cf_chl_tk=DOxzjAMCu9_nSelZiq8gUyUlR805WE.bxEAV29ocq_s-1788036554-1.0.1.1-Dl_BO3UDQjwhfbsVINJZ1xMuJv.xOi7vMCo1xIhQIOg

The desire to be beautiful causes people to reconsider what they’re willing to risk to be accepted by other people. Beauty is pain, but is it worth your life? Some people thought so. In fact, they still do today.

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Sources:

https://academic.oup.com/asj/article-abstract/35/7/890/2589236

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GACzVlRTQ2U&t=766s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cosmetics#:~:text=In%20Japan%2C%20geisha%20wore%20lipstick,to%20new%20ingredients%20and%20technologies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding#:~:text=Therefore%20people%20had%20greater%20expectations,erotically%20attractive%20to%20some%20men.

Ahoy ye land lover. Today, we be going on an adventure. Back to a time that became known as the golden age of pirates.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/meet-legendary-pirate-zheng-yi-sao/HgXxq6n_VWdsZQ?hl=en

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Captain-William-Kidd/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kidd

https://www.britannica.com/topic/piracy-international-law

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/grace-o-malley-pirate-history-fact-fiction-legend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard

https://www.amherst.edu/users/U/dullian08/node/20554

Every country has someone that leads the movement for women’s rights. In Iran, that was Táhirih. She fought for the right to live how she wished. Then, she fought for other women. Her words moved people and inspired women for years to come. This is her story.

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Sources:

https://bahaiteachings.org/tahirih-great-emancipator-middle-eastern-women/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1hirih

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Saleh_Baraghani

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaykhism

Have you ever heard of the seven ancient wonders? For this episode, we’re going on an adventure around the world to see the monuments, statues, and tombs from a past that have never been forgotten.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkvBBES1aPI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Zeus_at_Olympia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booE-OBCMtw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdxjDpVknPc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh

Dollar Princess. Have you ever heard of this term? It’s a title that many women had to endure during the gilded age. It was a time of triumph, hardship, and a generation where money and titles clashed. A time where money could but you almost anything. Even a crown.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Anastasia_of_Greece_and_Denmark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_princess

https://www.gildedheiresses.com/p/meet-the-american-heiresses-of-the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consuelo_Vanderbilt

https://www.google.com/search?q=Jennie+Jerome+(Lady+Randolph+Churchill)&oq=Jennie+Jerome+(Lady+Randolph+Churchill)&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyBwgDEAAY7wUyCggEEAAYgAQYogQyCggFEAAYogQYiQUyCggGEAAYogQYiQXSAQkxMzg2ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBeWggSiKmD_r8QXloIEoipg_6w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:414381e9,vid:C47RVBSLgTE,st:0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Randolph_Churchill

Have you ever heard of Homer’s book, The Iliad. If you have, did you ever wonder where it came from? Well, what if I said that like all great stories, there’s some truth within the lines of this book. What if I told you, Troy did exist? And that when it fell, it took everyone in Greece down with it.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cki-9ANZTLg

https://www.historyhit.com/1184-bc-fall-troy/#:~:text=Excavations%20have%20unveiled%20walls%20and,possible%20destruction%20around%201190%20BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer

The Iliad By Homer

‘Women and children first.’ This line is associated with shipwrecks. But did you ever wonder where this phrase came from and the overall history of shipwrecks? Well, that’s what we’re talking about today. Who survived in shipwrecks, who didn’t, and how the tragedy of the Titanic came to be.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Birkenhead_(1845)#cite_note-iron-1

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/shipwrecked-women-and-children-first

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22847426/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_Pegasus