| The "Toilet Paper Panic" in Venezuela: The Rush to Stock up on Basic Necessities |
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| The "Dancing Monkey of Delhi": A Monkey Puts on a Show in India's Red Fort |
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| The Great Stork Derby: A Peculiar Contest for Baby-Making Supremacy |
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| The Roman Emperor Caligula: Madness, Depravity, and Unusual Behavior |
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| The Beer Flood of London: When a Brewery Barrel Burst and Flooded the Streets |
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| The Mali Empire: West African Center of Trade and Islamic Scholarship |
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| The Peculiar Practices of the Himba Tribe: Red Ochre, Hairdos, and Goat-Urine Perfume |
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| The Arrival of the Portuguese: European Exploration and Influence in Africa |
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| The Great Trek: Migration of Boer Settlers in South Africa |
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| The Ethiopian-Italian War: Ethiopian Victory against Italian Colonial Forces |
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| The Great Stork Derby: The Baby-Making Contest That Turned Out to Be a Hoax |
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| The Sahel Kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires |
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| The Hilarious Habits of Emperor Haile Selassie: Pet Lions, Fancy Uniforms, and Royal Quirks |
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| The Mouse Uprising: The Pied Piper's Mysterious Disappearance of Hamelin's Children |
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| The Kilwa Sultanate: Swahili Trading Empire on the East African Coast |
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| The "Straw Hat Riots": When Men Attacked Straw Hat Wearers in New York City |
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| The "Sock Monkey Revolt": A Rebellion Led by Handmade Sock Monkeys |
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| The Unbelievable Undertakings of Thomas Sankara: Burkina Faso's Revolutionary President and Charismatic Charm |
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| The Arab Slave Trade: Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean Slave Routes |
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| The Scramble for Africa: European Colonization and Partition of the Continent |
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| The Great Pig War: A Pig and Potatoes Spark a Tense Standoff between the U.S. and Britain |
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| The "Invasion of Gambia" by the Rastafarians: A Comical Attempt to Overthrow the Government |
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| The Nile River: Lifeline of Ancient Egypt and African Civilization |
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| The Battle of El Obeid: Mahdist Sudanese Victory over the Anglo-Egyptian Army |
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| The "Disco Demolition Night": A Baseball Game Turns into a Disco Destruction Party |
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| The Kingdom of Mutapa: Powerful African Kingdom in Southern Africa |
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| The Sahel Kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires |
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| The Kingdom of Kongo: Central African Kingdom and Early European Contact |
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| The Great Cat Massacre: French Printers' Bizarre Act of Revenge against Cats |
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| The "Great Stilt Walker Race": A Competition on Stilts Gone Wild |
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| The "Cheese Rolling" Tradition: Chasing Wheels of Cheese Down a Hill |
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| The Oyo Empire: Yoruba Kingdom of West Africa |
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| The Great Fire of London: When a Small Fire Led to the Destruction of Much of the City |
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| The "Sock Summit" in Oregon: A Gathering of Sock Knitters |
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| The Exploding Whale Incident: When Dynamite Meets Beached Whale |
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| The Fante Confederation: Alliance of Coastal Akan States in Ghana |
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| The Maji Maji Rebellion: Anti-German Resistance in German East Africa |
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| The Battle of Karánsebes: When Austrian Soldiers Fought Each Other by Mistake |
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| The Unbelievable Unravelings of Idi Amin: Eccentric Dictator and Comedic Regime |
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| The Queen Nzinga: Warrior Queen of Ndongo and Matamba |
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| The Eccentric Endeavors of Winnie Mandela: Anti-Apartheid Activism and Spirited Sense of Humor |
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| The Sokoto Caliphate: Islamic State in Northern Nigeria |
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| The "Buried Alive" Safety Coffin: Victorian Fear of Premature Burial |
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| The Taiping Rebellion: A Failed Civil Servant's Claim to Divinity and a Rebellion |
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| The Anglo-Zulu War: Conflict between the British Empire and Zulu Kingdom |
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| The Fall of the Kingdom of Kush: Decline of Ancient Nubian Civilization |
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| The Unbelievable Unravelings of African Independence Movements: Political Satire, Humor, and Struggles for Freedom |
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| The Battle of Ramos Arizpe: A Duel Between Two Army Colonels Using Cannon Fire |
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| The Philadelphia Experiment: Tales of Time Travel and Vanishing Ships |
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| The "War of the Stray Cats": Feuding Feline Gangs in a Turkish Town |
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