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Montage image of a parasol on the beach, a thermometer reading 40, and cars driving on a sunny motorway

The 10 hottest temperatures in UK history
Little Italy in the 19th century and extreme drought in the Entrepenas reservoir

4 deadly heatwaves from history
A cook holding a large kitchen pot with green smoke coming out

The world's best-hidden secret recipes
Cracking the code S1 E2

Cracking the Code: Episode Guide
Smoke billowing from the Queen Elizabeth ship

Secrets of the Lost Liners: Episode Guide
Kevin Hoagland and Chris Hegg stood in the desert in front of a red truck

Lost Gold of the Aztecs: Episode Guide
Pigs on a farm

The pig war and other weirdly named battles in history
The Enigma machine

4 secret codes that are almost impossible to break
The Eye of Providence

The world’s most mysterious secret societies
A top secret file

The world’s most well-kept political secrets 
Summer of Secrets

More mystery, secrets and conspiracies than ever before
Did Baba Vanga predict the drought of 2022

Baba Vanga: Which of her predictions came true?
Nostradamus

Did Nostradamus predict 9/11?
Sign saying 'Area 51' on a chain-link fence

Area 51: From Roswell rumours to the present day

A derelict building on Skinwalker Ranch

9 unknown and spooky facts about Skinwalker Ranch
Close up view of an Aztec Calendar

The legend of Montezuma's lost Aztec treasure
Welcome to Roswell

75 years on: The most popular Roswell UFO theories
Slobodan Milosevic

The trials of the world's worst war criminals
Statue of Ivan the Terrible on a horse

5 of the most ruthless Tsars in history
Lost Gold of the Aztecs

Summer of Secrets competition: Win a £100 Amazon gift card
St Paul's Cathedral at sunset

5 facts about St Paul's Cathedral that you need to know
Ronnie O'Sullivan

The greatest individual sports stars of all time?
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs inscribed on a wall

The oldest and earliest civilisations of all time
Coal miners preparing to returned to work after the great strike

The tragic origins of Father's Day celebrations
Stonehenge with the sun rising behind it

7 ancient facts about British midsummer traditions
Olympic rings at Kiel Schilksee Olympic Centre

The story of the Munich Massacre, the Olympics' darkest day
A digitally colourised photograph of Robert Oppenheimer

The father of the atomic bomb: Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
Group gypsum busts of ancient Roman statues

Was Elagabalus Rome's first transgender Emperor?
Medieval torture room with stocks, lock chair and an axe

9 more bizarre, brutal and absolutely barmy punishments from history
Tennis ball in grass sporting the Wimbledon logo

New balls please: The history of Wimbledon
Colourised image of Allied troops landing on Normandy beaches

6 little known facts about D-Day
Painting of Anne Boleyn

8 strange facts about Anne Boleyn

People walking down Rochester high street on a sunny day

What's in a name? Where does your hometown name originate?
The Duke of Edinburgh, First Lady Jackie Kennedy, the queen and President JFK in 1961

8 surprising famous people who met the queen
Signpost at the USA/Mexico border

Land grab: The history of annexations
Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev prepares to depart from Washington DC by Helicopter in 1990

Gorbachev's Reforms: 4 reasons the Soviet Union collapsed