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A podcast found at http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class-podcast.htm What made Peter the Great so great? What made Henry VII so bad, or Ivan so terrible? Tune into this HowStuffWorks podcast, with Candace Gibson and Jane McGrath, to learn the stories behind the lines of your textbooks. Recent episodes include: * The Underground Railroad may have saved as many as 100,000 slaves. Learn how the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act and a secret network of abolitionists led to the creation of the Underground Railroad. * In most films Vikings are depicted as bloodthirsty, relatively ignorant berserkers who did little more than plunder and pillage their way across Europe. However, the story doesn't end there. * Nowadays, the Spanish Inquisition is best known as a symbol of religious intolerance and extreme cruelty. Learn more about the people and politics behind the Spanish Inquisition. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Did Genghis Khan really kill 1,748,000 people in one hour?
1382Were people vying to become slaves in the Ottoman Empire?
1183Historically Inaccurate Movies
814Fact or Fiction: Is D.B. Cooper still alive?
555Ergot and the Salem Witchtrials
476Why was tax evasion the only thing pinned on Al Capone?
447The Cursed Tomb of King Tut
438What happened to the lost colony at Roanoke?
419The Elizabeth Bathory Episode: Was a Hungarian countess the world's most prolific serial killer?
4010How did the East India Company change the world?
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