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What made so many Germans of so many social backgrounds become Nazis?

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Who killed the Grenadian Prime Minister, and his socialist revolution, in 1983? The question still persists 30 years later.

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This is Jennie Hastings, an "old time San Francisco pickpocket; also a grand and petty larceny thief of the old school.”

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We like to think of our national parks as peaceful refuges far away from cities and crowds. But what most people don't realize is that tens of thousands of rural people were displaced to create them.

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In 1922, a British colonial governor actually wrote a handbook on how to govern Africa and its "primitive" peoples.

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Comet Halley – the most famous comet of all human history

Halley’s Comet is visible from Earth every 75–76 years, making it possible for a human to see it twice in his or her lifetime. It last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061.

Halley’s returns to the inner Solar System have been observed and recorded by astronomers since at least 240 BC. Clear records of the comet’s appearances were made by Chinese, Babylonian, and medieval European chroniclers, but were not recognized as reappearances of the same object at the time. The comet’s periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley, after whom it is now named.

Images above show the comet’s apparition of 1986, 1910, 1835 and 1070s.

Ever wondered what John Donne sounded like in person? Now you can find out.

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When the famous English poet Wilfred Owen died in World War I, his brother heavily redacted some of his correspondence. But experts may be able to recover the inked out passages and understand this act of censorship.

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Egypt through the eyes of European travelers.

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What do botany and European imperialism have to do with each other? A lot, it turns out.

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This is what the streets of New York City sounded like in the 1920s.

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April 7, 1994: Rwanda Civil War Begins

Twenty years ago today, Hutu gunmen systematically start tracking down and killing moderate Hutu politicians and Tutsi leaders. The deputy to the U.S. ambassador in Rwanda tells Washington that the killings involve not just political murders, but genocide.

Thousands die on the first day, setting off 100 days of slaughter.

Follow FRONTLINE’s Rwandan Genocide timeline to learn about significant events, statements and decisions that reveal how the United States and the West chose not to act to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

Photo: A woman consoles Bizimana Emmanuel, 22, during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the 1994 genocide at Amahoro Stadium April 7, 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In 17th century England the idea of a male midwife would have been unthinkable. What changed?

Who was Ronald Reagan? A right-wing zealot? Or a patriotic visionary? Neither, argues a new book.

The new Joyce Appleby book "Shores of Knowledge" tells a colorful story of European exploration and science in the New World. But one UT professor sees stereotypes and basic errors in this overly "popularized" history.

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We all know about the racism and greed that motivated the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but what about the winds and oceanic currents that made it environmentally possible?

In 19th century America, some members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes owned black slaves to become more "civilized" and "white."

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