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John Taylor: The Oculist Who Blinded Bach

Flak-Bait: The Most Resilient Aircraft of World War 2

The Vanishing of SS Vaitarna: The “Titanic of Gujarat”

Macquarie Island’s Ecological Upheaval

Why People Keep Throwing Sticks at The Stikhokken

Cape Grim Air Archive

N1: The Rocket That Failed To Put Soviets On The Moon

The Stegosaurus of Ta Prohm

Nowe Ateny: Poland’s Eccentric First Encyclopedia

The Invincible Bramah Lock

Project Diana: Bouncing Radio Waves Off The Moon

The Phantom of Heilbronn: How Contaminated DNA Sent The German Police On A Wild Goose Chase

The Knife Makers of Thiers

Hua Tuo And The Mysterious Mafeisan

St. Elizabeth's Flood of 1421

Opiki Toll Bridge

Henry Gunther: The Last Soldier To Be Killed During World War 1

Ictíneo II: The World’s First Powered Submarine That Ran On Chemicals

Pecunia Non Olet: The Urine Tax of Ancient Rome

Abraham Crijnssen: The Ship That Disguised Itself As An Island

Robert Coates: The Greatest Bad Actor

The Iron Hand of Götz von Berlichingen

The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

Salomon Andrée's Ill-Fated Arctic Balloon Expedition

Timothy Dexter’s Curious Business Ventures

Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel

Paige Compositor: The Invention That Bankrupted Mark Twain

James Lind And The First Clinical Trial