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The Vikings built colonies in Greenland in the Middle Ages, but they disappeared in the 1400s, leaving behind a few ruins and a lot of question marks.

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On the surface, Mary II of England seemed like the ultimate good girl of the 17th century—but nothing could be further from the truth.

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Enid Lindeman was one of history’s most glamorous socialites—and yet, her four marriages were publicly disastrous and horrifically doomed.

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Chaka Khan has been bending genres and breaking charts for decades, so it’s no wonder she can’t stand being boxed in as just the “Queen of Funk."

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Today, people see Queen Barbara of Poland’s marriage to King Sigismund as a “love conquers all” fairy tale—but their unearthed letters tell a darker story.

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Harriet Spencer was born into the illustrious Spencer family. But the only thing she inherited in life was a penchant for scandal.


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