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The story of Barlaam and Josaphat or Joasaph is a Christianised and later version of the story of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha. In the Middle Ages the two were treated as Christian saints, being entered in the Greek Orthodox calendar on 26 August, and in the Roman Martyrology in the Weste...

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Operation Michael was a First World War German military operation that began the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. Read more

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The Battle of Alexandria or Battle of Canope, fought on March 21, 1801 between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, took place near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the sea and Lake Abukir, along which the Briti...

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The 1966 Palomares B-52 crash or Palomares incident occurred on January 17, 1966, when a B-52G bomber of the USAF Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 9,450 m over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. Of the four Mk28 type hydrogen bombs the B-52G...

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Sparta Thu, 19 Nov 09 Duration: 43 mins Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. With Paul Cartledge, Angie Hobbs and Edith Hall. Download 20MB

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A series of hidden texts written by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being revealed by US scientists. Until now, the pages have remained obscured by paintings and texts laid down on top of the original writings. Using a non-destructive technique known as X-ray fluorescence,...

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The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. Read more

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A 12 million digit prime number, the largest such number ever discovered, has landed a voluntary math research group a $100,000 prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The number known as a Mersenne prime, is the 45th known Mersenne prime, written shorthand as 2 to the power of 43,112,...

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The Battle of Al Mansurah was fought from February 8 to February 11, 1250, between crusaders led by Louis IX, King of France, and Ayyubid forces led by Emir Fakhr-ad-Din Yussuf, Faris ad-Din Aktai and Baibars al-Bunduqdari. The Seventh Crusade's defeat in Egypt in 1250 marked a turnpoint for all th...

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21 May 2009 Magma pulses may reveal Earth's 'heartbeat' Evidence from Hawaii and Iceland has indicated that the Earth may literally have a heartbeat, in the sense that the planet's core may be dispatching simultaneous plumes of magma towards the surface every 15 million years or so. According to a r...

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Looking Glass (or Operation Looking Glass) is the code name for an airborne command centre operated by the United States. The Strategic Air Command began the Looking Glass mission on February 3, 1961. Read more

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The Tecopa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae) is an extinct subspecies of the Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis). Read more Extinct, February 2, 1970

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Bell Rock Lighthouse is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse nd was built on Bell Rock (also known as Inchcape) in the North Sea, 18 km off the coast of Angus, Scotland, east of the Firth of Tay. The lamp at the Bell Rock Lighthouse was first lit on the 1st February, 1811. Read more [spoil...

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A man from Morecambe believes his dog has found a rare piece of whale vomit while walking on the beach. Ken Wilman said when Madge the dog "started poking at a rather large stone" he realised it was unusual. He left the ambergris on the beach but "something triggered in my mind" an...

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The Varig cargo Boeing 707-323C went missing over the Pacific Ocean some 30 minutes (200 km ENE) from Tokyo on 30 January 1979. Read more

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	Barlaam and Josaphat (Preview) The story of Barlaam and Josaphat or Joasaph is a Christianised and later version of the story of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha. In the Middle Ages the two were treated as Christian saints, being entered in the Greek Orthodox calendar on 26 August, and in the Roman Martyrology in the Weste...	Blobrana	0	Apr 9 04:45 2013 by Blobrana
	Operation Michael (Preview) Operation Michael was a First World War German military operation that began the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 21 06:16 2013 by Blobrana
	Battle of Alexandria (Preview) The Battle of Alexandria or Battle of Canope, fought on March 21, 1801 between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, took place near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the sea and Lake Abukir, along which the Briti...	Blobrana	0	Mar 21 06:15 2013 by Blobrana
	The 1966 Palomares B-52 crash (Preview) The 1966 Palomares B-52 crash or Palomares incident occurred on January 17, 1966, when a B-52G bomber of the USAF Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 9,450 m over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. Of the four Mk28 type hydrogen bombs the B-52G...	Blobrana	5	Mar 17 06:54 2013 by Blobrana
	Sparta (Preview) Sparta Thu, 19 Nov 09 Duration: 43 mins Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. With Paul Cartledge, Angie Hobbs and Edith Hall. Download 20MB	Blobrana	0	Feb 24 01:01 2013 by Blobrana
	Archimedes (Preview) A series of hidden texts written by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being revealed by US scientists. Until now, the pages have remained obscured by paintings and texts laid down on top of the original writings. Using a non-destructive technique known as X-ray fluorescence,...	Blobrana	1	Feb 24 01:31 2013 by Blobrana
	The Battle of Thermopylae (Preview) The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. Read more	Blobrana	1	Feb 24 01:08 2013 by Blobrana
	Mersenne prime (Preview) A 12 million digit prime number, the largest such number ever discovered, has landed a voluntary math research group a $100,000 prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The number known as a Mersenne prime, is the 45th known Mersenne prime, written shorthand as 2 to the power of 43,112,...	Blobrana	5	Feb 8 20:24 2013 by Blobrana
	Battle of Al Mansurah (Preview) The Battle of Al Mansurah was fought from February 8 to February 11, 1250, between crusaders led by Louis IX, King of France, and Ayyubid forces led by Emir Fakhr-ad-Din Yussuf, Faris ad-Din Aktai and Baibars al-Bunduqdari. The Seventh Crusade's defeat in Egypt in 1250 marked a turnpoint for all th...	Blobrana	0	Feb 8 07:59 2013 by Blobrana
	Magma plumes Volcano (Preview) 21 May 2009 Magma pulses may reveal Earth's 'heartbeat' Evidence from Hawaii and Iceland has indicated that the Earth may literally have a heartbeat, in the sense that the planet's core may be dispatching simultaneous plumes of magma towards the surface every 15 million years or so. According to a r...	Blobrana	3	Feb 7 13:06 2013 by Blobrana
	Operation Looking Glass (Preview) Looking Glass (or Operation Looking Glass) is the code name for an airborne command centre operated by the United States. The Strategic Air Command began the Looking Glass mission on February 3, 1961. Read more	Blobrana	0	Feb 3 08:44 2013 by Blobrana
	Tecopa pupfish (Preview) The Tecopa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae) is an extinct subspecies of the Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis). Read more Extinct, February 2, 1970	Blobrana	1	Feb 2 07:57 2013 by Blobrana
	Bell Rock Lighthouse (Preview) Bell Rock Lighthouse is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse nd was built on Bell Rock (also known as Inchcape) in the North Sea, 18 km off the coast of Angus, Scotland, east of the Firth of Tay. The lamp at the Bell Rock Lighthouse was first lit on the 1st February, 1811. Read more [spoil...	Blobrana	0	Feb 1 06:45 2013 by Blobrana
	Ambergris (Preview) A man from Morecambe believes his dog has found a rare piece of whale vomit while walking on the beach. Ken Wilman said when Madge the dog "started poking at a rather large stone" he realised it was unusual. He left the ambergris on the beach but "something triggered in my mind" an...	Blobrana	0	Jan 31 05:53 2013 by Blobrana
	Varig cargo Boeing 707-323C (Preview) The Varig cargo Boeing 707-323C went missing over the Pacific Ocean some 30 minutes (200 km ENE) from Tokyo on 30 January 1979. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jan 30 07:36 2013 by Blobrana
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