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Jo Rowan

 

 

A gold and red Tibetan Skull mask, depicting a smiling face

Memento Mori: Historic death rituals from around the world
A 'Spirit' photograph, in which a woman is surrounded by ghostly faces, supposedly of the dead

Things that go bump in the night: A history of Spiritualism in the UK
Princess Elizabeth In Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945

Four ways that Queen Elizabeth II contributed to WW2
The Witch Trial by William Powell Frith

A discovery of witches: British witch trials in the 17th century
A painting of the Great Fire of London

9 little known facts about the Great Fire of London
The death of William II, killed by an arrow in the New Forest.

3 British monarchs whose deaths were more than a little bit mysterious
A laughing fool

Act the fool: Famous court jesters and fools from history
Alexander Graham Bell

Great Scottish inventors who changed the course of history
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc: The French heroine who saved her nation but became a martyr
A photograph of the new Royal British Legion paper poppy

A history of the poppy
Colourised image of Allied troops landing on Normandy beaches

6 little known facts about D-Day
King Henry VIII

The 'spare heirs' who were never meant to be king
A female archaeologist excavating an ancient burial site

The most inspirational female archaeologists from history
Australia flag waving on the wind

10 little known facts about Australia
A road sign in Scotland shows two aliens holding hands

Why is a small village in Scotland the UK's UFO hotspot?
A negative image of the Turin Shroud that appears to show an outline of Christ's face

Shrouded in Mystery: Little known facts about the Turin Shroud
A photograph of a crystal ball surrounded by smoke and purple light

Nostradamus predicts: What's in store for 2022? 
William Shatner

William Shatner and the history of civilan space travel
Several Tuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy, 1945

The Tuskegee airmen: America's first black aviators
Photo of the 303 squadron

Fighter Boys: The heroic Polish pilots of the Battle of Britain

A dummy tank

Dummy tanks and fake radio broadcasts: WW2's biggest deception campaigns
The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: 5 facts about Tudor England's biggest naval victory
Battle of tomatoes. La Tomatina festival where people are fighting with tomatoes at street

Weird and wonderful traditions to welcome the summer

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The Tulsa Massacre: The single worst moment of racial violence in US history
Lagertha

Fiercest female Viking warriors
The Hindenburg disaster - three air disasters caught on camera

Crash and burn: three air disasters caught on camera

Guilty or innocent?: The crimes of Anne Boleyn
Jonathan Swift

April Fools? A history of British hoaxes