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Some of history's greatest people have been omitted from a lot of the textbooks.

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Ira Hayes famously raised the flag on Iwo Jima and has gone down in history, but few know the harrowing story of this Native American Marine.

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Blackbeard used intimidation and psychological warfare to dominate Atlantic trade routes in the early 1700s.

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Ching Shih commanded the largest pirate fleet in history and bent empires to her will.

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Artemisia I survived naval warfare through cunning, deception, and ruthless strategy.

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A celebrated opera singer and lethal duelist, Julie d’Aubigny shattered every rule meant to contain her.



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