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Belligerent Britain has invaded 90 per cent of the world's countries

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International Tracing Service reveals New Zealand man's true identity after 67 years

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Undated Medieval manuscripts can be automatically dated by new computer software

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The dangerous legacy of WW2, WW1, and even the US Civil War, is still a threat to life and limb today

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DNA can reveal men’s surnames with help of new algorithm

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Shroud of Turin - 1st century relic, or medieval forgery? 10 arguments for and against

1919 Michelin travel guide invites you to motor tour across a France and Belgium ruined by WW1

1919 Michelin travel guide invites you to motor tour across a France and Belgium ruined by WW1

How to apply for the Arctic Star and the Bomber Command Clasp

How to apply for the Arctic Star and the Bomber Command Clasp

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Fireball over the West Lancashire coast - 21 September 2012

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Are lights seen on Mars signals from a superior civilisation? - 1892

Fruit Flies, ancient travelling companions of the first humans to colonise the world, return home to Africa

Fruit Flies, ancient travelling companions of the first humans to colonise the world, return home to Africa

British Army shames local council by tidying up historic Blackburn Old Cemetery

British Army shames local council by tidying up historic Blackburn Old Cemetery

Is Organic Life twice as old as Planet Earth?

Is Organic Life twice as old as Planet Earth?

After the bones of Richard III, another Leicester car park yields Roman skeletons dating to 300 AD

After the bones of Richard III, another Leicester car park yields Roman skeletons dating to 300 AD

Final gift to wife from husband who stayed on the sinking Titanic

Final gift to wife from husband who stayed on the sinking Titanic

5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View

5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View

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Beginning and End of Life on Earth in 2 Years

The lazy Victorian labourer, nicknamed ‘Sloper’, recorded in sealed bottle found under 117 year-old floorboards

The lazy Victorian labourer, nicknamed 'Sloper', recorded in sealed bottle found under 117 year-old floorboards

Sapphire ring found near York may have belonged to 5th or 6th century king

Sapphire ring found near York may have belonged to 5th or 6th century king

4,000 year old Bronze Age dwellings discovered in Scotland had all mod cons

4,000 year old Bronze Age dwellings discovered in Scotland had all mod cons

Oldest surviving copy of notorious 17th century sex guide, banned in Britain until 1961, up for auction

Oldest surviving copy of notorious 17th century sex guide, banned in Britain until 1961, up for auction

Village store run by the same family since 1786 to go on sale

Village store run by the same family since 1786 to go on sale

Blackburn Brothers Missing at Sea – Researching Royal Navy Service: 1932-1945

Blackburn Brothers Missing at Sea - Researching Royal Navy Service: 1932-1945

13th century head reveals medieval science was more advanced than we thought

13th century head reveals medieval science was more advanced than we thought

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Descendant of bone setter boy, shipwrecked off Anglesey in 1740s, leads journey of discovery about his origins

Evolution has left the human body as a botch job – evidence is in our feet, backs, and childbirth

Evolution has left the human body as a botch job - evidence is in our feet, backs, and childbirth

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1851 UK Census - what our ancestors thought of it

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Mapping Mankind's Trek - Ancient Coastlines and Land Bridges

Famous faces your ancestors fought alongside, or against, in World War 1

Famous faces your ancestors fought alongside, or against, in World War 1

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Folding Chair suggests direct Bronze Age Germanic links to Ancient Egypt

WW2 evacuees suffered more in later life than children who stayed behind, says Finnish study

WW2 evacuees suffered more in later life than children who stayed behind, says Finnish study

Ice Age fishhooks found in Germany – oldest is made from 19,000 year-old mammoth tusk

Ice Age fishhooks found in Germany - oldest is made from 19,000 year-old mammoth tusk

Child murdered in Roman Britain 1,800 years ago came from the Mediterranean

Child murdered in Roman Britain 1,800 years ago came from the Mediterranean

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Old shoes in the news - discovery of ancient Egyptian shoes in Luxor and a medieval shoe stuffed with coins in Holland

USA lost twice as many troops in 19 months of WW1 than 19 years in Vietnam, but senators dismiss national monument

USA lost twice as many troops in 19 months of WW1 than 19 years in Vietnam, but senators dismiss national monument

Couple discover 200-year-old well underneath their patio

Couple discover 200-year-old well underneath their patio

Remains of British soldier found on battlefield of Waterloo, with the musket ball that killed him still lodged in his ribs

Remains of British soldier found on battlefield of Waterloo, with the musket ball that killed him still lodged in his ribs

Australian VC hero walks in his great-grandfather’s footsteps on the beaches of Gallipoli

Australian VC hero walks in his great-grandfather's footsteps on the beaches of Gallipoli

“Can Men Fly?” – 1891

Can Men Fly? - 1891

Archaeologists to recreate Lincolnshire building techniques used in America’s first English settlement in 1607

Archaeologists to recreate Lincolnshire building techniques used in America's first English settlement in 1607

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Where would Richard III want to be buried?

4,400 year-old skeleton of noble woman found near Royal Borough of Windsor

4,400 year-old skeleton of noble woman found near Royal Borough of Windsor

Royal Navy’s 18th century time-bomb discovered in New York’s Central Park

Royal Navy's 18th century time-bomb discovered in New York's Central Park

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Meet the Izzards Pt 2 ends with flat champagne

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My Phony Phone Accent – Toning Down my Lancashire Heritage

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5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View #5 - Class

Normandy Veteran finds friend, believed killed in 1944, alive and well 68 years later

Normandy Veteran finds friend, believed killed in 1944, alive and well 68 years later

The 19th century British slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition – and their famous descendants who benefited

The 19th century British slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition - and their famous descendants who benefited

“The Lowest of the Human Race” – the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego – 1893

The Lowest of the Human Race - the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego - 1893

Mass Grave reveals horror of Thirty Years’ War’s bloodiest battle

Mass Grave reveals horror of Thirty Years' War's bloodiest battle

Appeal for family mementos for online archive of WW1 artefacts

Appeal for family mementos for online archive of WW1 artefacts

Last survivors gather to remember the Japanese invasion of the USA in 1942

Last survivors gather to remember the Japanese invasion of the USA in 1942

Hiker discovers long lost headstone of English prostitute who committed public suicide in California in 1898

Hiker discovers long lost headstone of English prostitute who committed public suicide in California in 1898

Census from 7th century AD discovered in Japan

Census from 7th century AD discovered in Japan

Altai region of Siberia may be the genetic source of Native Americans

Altai region of Siberia may be the genetic source of Native Americans

Gallipoli 1915 – Churchill’s Part in my Great-Grandad’s Downfall

Gallipoli 1915 - Churchill's Part in my Great-Grandad's Downfall

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5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View #4 - Religion

Cruising Beats Flying – 10 Reasons Why

Cruising Beats Flying – 10 Reasons Why

All Eurasian languages descend from ancient mother tongue spoken in southern Europe 15,000 years ago

All Eurasian languages descend from ancient mother tongue spoken in southern Europe 15,000 years ago

Evidence of mysterious cosmic event around 775 AD discovered in ancient trees

Evidence of mysterious cosmic event around 775 AD discovered in ancient trees

Ancient DNA explains how wolves became isolated on the Falkland Islands 16,000 years ago

Ancient DNA explains how wolves became isolated on the Falkland Islands 16,000 years ago

Waterford city bypass digs up 9,000 years of Irish history

Waterford city bypass digs up 9,000 years of Irish history

People from Tuscany are most similar to Neanderthals

People from Tuscany are most similar to Neanderthals

Microsoft billionaire’s Nazi V-2 rocket hits northwest USA

Microsoft billionaire's Nazi V-2 rocket hits northwest USA

1841 UK Census – what our ancestors thought of it

1841 UK Census - what our ancestors thought of it

Family Tree DNA Autosomal test results – Hunting the 5% ‘Middle Eastern’ bit of my Western European ancestry

Family Tree DNA Autosomal test results - Hunting the 5% 'Middle Eastern' bit of my Western European ancestry

Grandsons of 10th US president John Tyler still living 222 years after he was born

Grandsons of 10th US president John Tyler still living 222 years after he was born

Cry God for England, St George, and St Patrick!

Cry God for England, St George, and St Patrick!

Modern day Mammoth Hunters – melting Siberian permafrost reveals ancient ivory

Modern day Mammoth Hunters - melting Siberian permafrost reveals ancient ivory

Remarkable images of 19th century Australia reveal a lost world

Remarkable images of 19th century Australia reveal a lost world

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At home for 100 years: Centenarian lives in the house where she was born

German survivors of the Dambusters Raid remember the human cost 70 years on

German survivors of the Dambusters Raid remember the human cost 70 years on

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August 2012 - and World War 2 is still causing havoc in European cities

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World's oldest light bulb still shining in Lancashire home after 130 years

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26,000 years of capturing the human face

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The 'evolution' of Neanderthals over the last 100 years says more about us

New evidence confirms second Viking outpost in North America 1,000 years ago

New evidence confirms second Viking outpost in North America 1,000 years ago

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Roman Empire and Chinese Han Dynasty responsible for greenhouse gas emissions 1,800 years before Industrial Revolution

Neil Armstrong rated his chances of returning safely from the Moon as no better than 50/50

Neil Armstrong rated his chances of returning safely from the Moon as no better than 50/50

Remains of WW1 soldier found in mass grave identified by his DNA

Remains of WW1 soldier found in mass grave identified by his DNA

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5 Ways a DNA Test can Change Your World View #3 - Race

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Descendant's fight to clear name of Connecticut ancestor hanged for witchcraft

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Y-DNA test reveals 'Irish-American' is actually Native American

Ancient document of fines handed out by Godmanchester manor court in 1398 saved for the public

Ancient document of fines handed out by Godmanchester manor court in 1398 saved for the public

Mystery of 16th-century perfume bottle stopper from India or Sri Lanka found in a field in England

Mystery of 16th-century perfume bottle stopper from India or Sri Lanka found in a field in England

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German soldiers' first encounter with tanks - 15 September 1916

Only surviving English home of a Pilgrim Father to be rescued from neglect

Only surviving English home of a Pilgrim Father to be rescued from neglect

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Victorian insomnia sufferer will try anything for a good night's sleep - 1889

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Did Neanderthals give modern humans the genetic boost to expand inland to Europe, Asia and North Africa 50,000 years ago?

The WW2 American airman who was a prisoner of the Germans AND the Japanese

The WW2 American airman who was a prisoner of the Germans AND the Japanese

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New book - 'The Universe Within' - goes back billions of years to trace the impact of cosmic events on the human body

Politician who called policemen ‘plebs’ is revealed to be descended from ‘plebs’ himself

Politician who called policemen 'plebs' is revealed to be descended from 'plebs' himself

Archaeologists pinpoint human settlement of Tonga to around 826 BC

Archaeologists pinpoint human settlement of Tonga to around 826 BC

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Could you live on Mars for the rest of your life?

Lost documents of first black Harvard graduate found in abandoned Chicago attic

Lost documents of first black Harvard graduate found in abandoned Chicago attic

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Iceland's 'incest alarm' for dating couples - new smartphone app checks 1,200 years of genealogy

Photographer discovers undeveloped World War 1 photos on antique French camera

Photographer discovers undeveloped World War 1 photos on antique French camera

Now is the time to cash in on Richard III – rare 1485 silver groat up for auction

Now is the time to cash in on Richard III - rare 1485 silver groat up for auction

How DNA may one day allow you to see your distant ancestors face to face

How DNA may one day allow you to see your distant ancestors face to face