King John: royal disaster, brother of Richard, loser oflands, signer of things. In Part 1, we dive into his origin story—spoiler: it’s mostly bad.

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A giant bronze man stood guard over a harbour for a hot minute, then faceplanted into history. The Colossus of Rhodes: ancient engineering meets gravity. This is Episode 1 in our Ancient Wonders series.

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People danced until they dropped—sometimes dead. Was it a plague? A cult? Mass hysteria? Or just the worst rave in history?

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Rollo: Viking warlord turned French duke who said yes toland, no to French lessons, and maybe to biting people's faces.

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In Part 2, the Medicis crank it up—Popes, poisonings, andsome light art patronage between murder plots. Power never looked so decorative.

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The Medicis: bankers, puppet masters, Renaissance chaosgremlins. In Part 1, we meet the OGs who bought power and made Florence weirdly fashionable.

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Alexander the Great conquered the world—and his liver. From setting fire to cities to stabbing friends mid-toast, this is ancient diplomacy with a hangover. Let’s squirt!

Nazis. Americans. French prisoners. And... the Wehrmacht?The Battle for Castle Itter is the WWII fever dream where enemies teamed up to fight worse enemies.

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France once put a dog on trial for murder. And no, that’snot a metaphor or a band name. It's just France being... France.

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Stoic philosopher. Reluctant emperor. Guy who wrote hisdiary like Tumblr quotes. Marcus Aurelius tried to be calm while Rome caught fire—metaphorically and sometimes literally.

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