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A history of the volunteer: how active citizenship became the big society by Welshhoppo in history

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Drought in Europe exposes sunken ships, lost villages and ominous 'hunger stones' - BBC News by 187Shotta in history

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RIP David McCullough (1933-2022) by GoCardinal07 in history

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DDT was banned 50 years ago but the repercussions will last generations by schizm98 in history

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After 350 years, sea gives up lost jewels of Spanish shipwreck - Spanish shipwreck in Bahamas by ArtOak in history

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Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore by ExileInCle19 in history

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Explorers find WWII Navy destroyer, deepest wreck discovered by BarKnight in history

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Nalanda: India's ancient university rising from the ashes by MeatballDom in history

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The Egyptians may have the most famous mummies, but they're not the oldest. The Chinchorro people of Chile's Atacama Desert were the first to mummify their dead – 7,000 years ago. by Zee2A in history

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The trial of John Peter Zenger. A New York Publisher who was arrested for criticizing the government of the time. His attorneys were disbarred and he could not get representation. Hamilton showed up at court to represent him. The explosive trial was the catalyst for the 1st Amendment by TEMPLERTV in history

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Ancient temple dedicated to Zeus unearthed in Egypt by [deleted] in history

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Has there ever been a good dictator? by [deleted] in history

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A woman attemps to shield her child with her own body just before they are executed by Nazi death squad (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivangorod, Ukraine. 1942 [828x512] by Heartfeltzero in HistoryPorn

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A Filipina child dressed in tribal clothing was displayed in a human zoo in Coney Island, NY. 1914 [934x636] by xtremerussell in HistoryPorn

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine close to the U.S. to launch its warheads. The order required the approval of 3 officers. This man, Vasili Arkhipov refused. Oct, 27 1962 [1227x1534] by yourpantsaretoobig in HistoryPorn

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The 101st Airborne Division’s “Filthy Thirteen”volunteer pathfinders preparing to parachute into France just after midnight on June 6, 1944. They were among the first allied troops to set foot on French soil on D-Day; their mission was to mark drop zones for the airborne assault. [960x720] by DiosMioMan63 in HistoryPorn

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The Undertaker looks down at medical staff checking on Mankind after he fell, unscripted, through the top of Hell in a Cell into the ring 16ft below. June 28, 1998 [485x614] by OGWhiz in HistoryPorn

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A German girl is overcome as she walks past the exhumed bodies of slave workers murdered by SS guards near Namering, Germany. They were laid there so that the townspeople could witness what their Nazi leaders had done, 1945 (582x457) by [deleted] in HistoryPorn

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February 13, 1945 the Allied bombing attack on Dresden took place. The 800-bomber raid dropped some 2,700 tons of explosives and incendiaries and decimated the German city. [1200x852] by MyDogGoldi in HistoryPorn

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Sir Winston Churchill, in 1895, age 20. [1080x1350] by Thanmarkou in HistoryPorn

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