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Ewandro Magalhaes
How Magellan circumnavigated the globe
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Deanna Pucciarelli
The history of chocolate
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Amy Adkins
The myth of Icarus and Daedalus
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Stuart Vyse
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Jill Dash
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Adam Grant
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Why are some people left-handed?
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The hidden worlds within natural history museums
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