| The Beer Flood of London: When a Brewery Barrel Burst and Flooded the Streets |
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| The Town of Fart: Unfortunate Names and Amusing Locales |
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| The Amusing Anecdotes of Jomo Kenyatta: Kenyan Independence, Pan-Africanism, and Wit |
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| The Mali Empire: West African Center of Trade and Islamic Scholarship |
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| The Beer Flood of London: A Deluge of Beer Sweeps Through the Streets |
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| The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale: Key Conflict in the Angolan Civil War |
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| The Pig War: The Border Dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over a Pig |
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| The Battle of Tondibi: Defeat of the Songhai Empire by Moroccan Forces |
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| The Bicycle Face Scare: The Victorian Era's Fear of Women Becoming Ugly from Cycling |
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| The Battle of Omdurman: British-Egyptian Victory over Sudanese Mahdists |
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| The Battle of Karansebes: The Fiasco That Was a Battle with No Enemies |
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| The Whimsical World of Yaa Gyasi: Ghanaian-American Author and Tales of Identity |
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| The Oyo Empire: Yoruba Kingdom of West Africa |
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| The "Pie Town Festival": A Quirky Festival Dedicated to Pies in New Mexico |
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| The Story of Mansa Musa: Mali's Wealthy Emperor and Famous Hajj |
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| The Entertaining Exploits of Mansa Musa: Africa's Wealthiest Emperor and Extravagant Adventures |
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| The Hedgehog War: A Spiky Sculpture Sparks a Border Dispute |
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| The Taiping Rebellion: A Failed Civil Servant's Claim to Divinity and a Rebellion |
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| The Hedgehog War: Slovenia and Croatia's Border Dispute Over a Sculpture |
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| The Queen of Sheba: Mysterious Queen and Legendary Visit to King Solomon |
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| The "Banana War": The Banana Monopoly That Caused a Diplomatic Rift |
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| Oromo Resistance: The Galla Wars (1529-1886)
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| The "Great Pie Fight" in California: A Massive Pie Battle Breaks Out in a Park |
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| The Dancing Mania: When Europe Was Stricken by an Epidemic of Dance |
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| The Great Trek: Migration of Boer Settlers in South Africa |
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| The Mouse Uprising: The Pied Piper of Hamelin and the Vanished Children |
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| The Dancing Man of Mohra: A Man Who Claimed to Have Lived without Eating for Years |
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| The Whacky Wonders of African Masks: Rituals, Festivals, and Ancestral Spirits |
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| The Meroitic Kingdom: Ancient Sudanese Civilization and Nubian Pyramids |
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| The Great Cat Massacre: French Printers, Angry Apprentices, and a Bloody Feline Slaughter |
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| The "Easter Egg Roll Riot" of 1876: Chaos at the White House's Easter Event |
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| The Wacky Wildlife of the African Savannah: Giraffes, Zebras, and Wildebeest Shenanigans |
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| The Bizarre Behaviors of African Tribes: Lip Plates, Scarification, and Unique Body Modifications |
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| The Philadelphia Experiment: Tales of Time Travel and Vanishing Ships |
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| The Great Emu War: When Australia Declared War on Emus... and Lost |
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| The Mali Empire: West African Center of Trade and Islamic Scholarship |
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| The Unbelievable Undertakings of Thomas Sankara: Burkina Faso's Revolutionary President and Charismatic Charm |
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| The Kilwa Sultanate: Swahili Trading Empire on the East African Coast |
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| The "Tennis Court Oath": When French Revolutionaries Pledged in a Tennis Court |
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| The Aro Confederacy: Igbo Trading Society and Regional Influence |
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| The Kingdom of Aksum: Ancient Ethiopian Empire and Axumite Civilization |
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| The "Donkey Trial" of Spain: When a Donkey Was Put on Trial for Assault |
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| The "Cow Parade" Phenomenon: Artistic Cows Take over Cities Worldwide |
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| The Battle of Ramos Arizpe: Dueling Army Colonels and Cannon Fire |
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| The Kingdom of Aksum: Ancient Ethiopian Empire and Axumite Civilization |
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| The Story of Sundiata Keita: Founder of the Mali Empire |
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| The "Invasion of Gambia" by the Rastafarians: A Comical Attempt to Overthrow the Government |
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| The Dancing Plague of Strasbourg: The Mysterious Epidemic of Incessant Dancing |
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| The Great Molasses Flood: Boston's Sticky Sweet Disaster |
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| The "London Beer Flood" Redux: A Modern-Day Beer Burst in London |
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