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The Story of The 19 Day Month in 1752

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In autumn 1752, everyday routine lurched abruptly for English households thanks to an oddball calendar reform enacted by Parliament. Overnight, the month of September lost 11 days plunging from the 2nd straight to the 14th. Understandably this numerical earthquake left heads spinning and even stoked outrage. For how dare the Crown rip nearly two prime weeks from the calendar without warning or reason?

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How the Eiffel Tower Was Built: The Marvel of 1889

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In the winter of 1887, Parisian journalists gathered at a curious construction site on the Champ de Mars. There, amid wooden scaffolding and the rhythmic clang of hammers, they witnessed what one reporter would describe as men "reaping lightning bolts in the clouds."

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How the Eiffel Tower Was Built: The Marvel of 1889

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In the winter of 1887, Parisian journalists gathered at a curious construction site on the Champ de Mars. There, amid wooden scaffolding and the rhythmic clang of hammers, they witnessed what one reporter would describe as men "reaping lightning bolts in the clouds."

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In the late 1990s, a brazen fraudster named Emmanuel Nwude pulled off one of history's most outrageous cons - selling a fictional airport to a gullible Brazilian bank director for a whopping $242 million.

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