The Odd Historian

During the 16th century, it could be said that the Spaniards truly ruled the waves. Once a backwater feudal kingdom,

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New discoveries and new revelations are always surfacing in Paleontology – the branch of science concerned with prehistoric animals and

From extraordinary lives and gruesome deaths to humiliating defeat and heady victory, our list brings all the tragedy and victory