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5 Minute History
Compact History – Episode 114: The History of Social Media
Social media did not appear overnight with smartphones and influencers. It evolved over decades, from early bulletin board systems and…
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5 Minute Biographies
Compact Biographies: Tina Turner
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on 26 November 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee, and went on to become one…
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Biografias en 5 minutos
Biografias en 5minutos: El arzobispo Desmond Tutu
En este episodio de Biografías en 5 Minutos, repasamos la vida de Desmond Tutu, el arzobispo sudafricano que se convirtió…
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5 Minute Disasters
Compact Disasters – Episode 72: The South Sea Bubble
In 1720, Britain experienced one of the first great financial disasters of the modern world. Promoted as a patriotic solution…
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5 Minute Murder
Compact Murder – Episode 70: The Boston Strangler
Between 1962 and 1964, a series of murders targeting women inside their own homes gripped Boston, Massachusetts, with fear. The…
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5 Minute Mysteries
Compact Mysteries – Episode 66: The Mystery of the Hexham Heads
In 1971, two crude stone heads were dug up in a quiet back garden in Hexham, Northumberland. At first, they…
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5 Minute Warfare
Compact Warfare – Episode 65: The Battle of Poitiers
The Battle of Poitiers, fought on 19 September 1356 during the Hundred Years’ War, was one of England’s most dramatic…
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5 Minute History
Compact History – Episode 113: The History of the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are one of the longest running ideas in human history, reborn, reshaped, and repeatedly tested by politics,…
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5 Minute Biographies
Compact Biographies: Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin changed science by learning how to see what others could not. Born on 12 May 1910, she became…
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Biografias en 5 minutos
Biografias en 5minutos: Jane Goodall
En este episodio de Biografías en 5 Minutos, exploramos la inspiradora vida de Jane Goodall, la mujer que transformó nuestra…
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