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5 Minute Mysteries
Compact Mysteries – Episode 61: The Mystery of the Copper Scroll Treasure
Discovered in 1952 near the Dead Sea, one ancient text stands apart from all the others. Unlike the fragile parchment manuscripts found at Qumran, the Copper Scroll was engraved onto metal sheets and listed something…
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5 Minute Biographies
Compact Biographies: Sally Ride
Sally Ride became a symbol of possibility on 18 June 1983, when she flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger as the…
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5 Minute History
Compact History – Episode 108: The History of Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is one of the most controversial technologies ever created, born from scientific brilliance, shaped by war, and shadowed…
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5 Minute Murder
Compact Murder – Episode 64: The Assassination of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
On 10 September 1898, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, was walking with her lady-in-waiting along the promenade beside Lake Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland, on her way to a paddle steamer when she…
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5 Minute Mysteries
Compact Mysteries – Episode 61: The Mystery of the Copper Scroll Treasure
Discovered in 1952 near the Dead Sea, one ancient text stands apart from all the others. Unlike the fragile parchment…
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5 Minute Warfare
Compact Warfare – Episode 60: The Soviet-Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War, fought between 1979 and 1989, was a brutal conflict that reshaped Afghanistan, weakened the Soviet Union, and…
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5 Minute Disasters
Compact Disasters – Episode 66: The Rana Plaza Collapse
On the morning of 24 April 2013, thousands of garment workers were ordered back into…
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5 Minute Biographies (Spanish Edition)
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Biografias en 5 minutos
Biografias en 5minutos: Sylvia Plath
En este episodio de Biografías en 5 Minutos, exploramos la vida de Sylvia Plath, la poeta y novelista estadounidense cuya obra intensa y confesional dejó una marca imborrable en la literatura del siglo XX. Autora…
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