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      • Christianity fact cards
        • Pope John Paul II
        • St Andrew the Apostle
        • St Andrew Avellino the Patron Saint of Strokes
        • St. David, Patron Saint of Wales
        • St Gertrude of Nivelles, the patron saint of cats
        • St George, Patron saint of England
        • The process of the Conclave: before, during and after
        • Mother Teresa
        • The Papal Inauguration
        • Origin of St. Valentine's Day
        • St Nicholas, the First Santa Claus
        • Questions about the Virgin Mary
        • Lent and Easter Questions
        • St Paul Miki and the 26 Martyrs
        • Lí Ban, Ireland's Mermaid Saint
        • The Last Supper and what happened to the 12 Disciples
        • Pope Francis
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      • Jewish Mourning Stones
    • Geography Fact cards
      • Mount St Helens eruption 1980
      • Indian Ocean Tsunami (Boxing Day 2004)
        • Why does Australia get bush fires?
      • Haiti Earthquake 2010
      • 2015 Nepalese Earthquake and Avalanche
      • Karst Landscape
      • Skopije Earthquake 1963
      • Oakland Fire 1991/ Why does California gets Wild fires?
      • Lake Skadar
      • Vajont Dam Rockslide
    • Animal fact cards
      • The Bear Cat
      • Emirate Falcon Hospital
      • Origin of Siamese Cats
      • Foxes of Gormanston
      • Dolly the Sheep
      • Seabiscuit
      • Pickles the Collie
      • Origin of Golden Retrievers
      • Harambe
      • Laika the Soviet space dog
      • Dalmatians in Croatia
      • Hachiko
    • History Fact cards
      • Ancient history fact cards
        • Cleopatra the Last Pharaoh
        • Japanese Foundation Day
        • Cats in Ancient Egypt
        • Roman Conquest of Gaul and Battle of Alesia
        • The hilarious death of Pythagoras
        • Qin Shi Huang, China's First Emperor
        • Origins of Halloween
        • Battle of Thermopylae
        • Origins of Leap Year
        • Origins of Chinese/ Lunar New Year
        • The Ides of March
      • Middle Ages Fact cards
        • Bal Des Ardents
        • Richard The Third
        • How did 850+ years of British control in Ireland begin?
        • The Forbidden City
        • Origin of Mother's Day
        • Athelstan, the first king of all England
        • Harald Fairhair
        • Leif Erikson
        • Harald Bluetooth
      • Rennaissance fact cards
        • William Shakespeare
        • Sts Thomas More and John Fisher
        • Michaelangelo's the Pieta
        • Queen Mary I of England
      • Enlightenment and Colonialism
        • What was the Benin Kingdom?
        • Colonising of Colorado
        • Indigenous Canadians and the birth of Canada
        • Magellan's circumnavigation of the Earth (1519-21)
        • Colonising of Florida
        • Enlightenment and Colonialism page 2 (1553-1652)
          • How the Romanov Dynasty began
          • Why does the UK celebrate the Fifth of November?
          • Birth of Northern Ireland
          • The Siege of Malta
          • Impact of colonialism on Native Americans
          • Belvedere Palace, Haburg's Czech Taj Mahal
        • Enlightment and Colonialism page 3 (1653-1752)
          • From Coronation Anthem to Football Anthem (Zadock the Priest)
          • Origin of 10 Downing Street
          • Tsar Peter 3 vs. a Rat
          • Oliver Cromwell
          • History of Montana
          • Birth of Liechtenstein
          • Groundhog Day Origins
        • Enlightenment and Colonialism page 4 (1753-1852)
          • The Fall of the Bastille
          • American Independence
          • The Great Irish Famine
          • Founding Father George Washington
          • Peruvian Indpendence
          • Australian Penal Colonies
          • The Bastille Prison before during and after the fall
          • The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
          • Mexican Independence
          • Simón Bolívar
          • Brazilian Independence
          • The Execution of King Louis 16th/ XVI
          • Alexander Hamilton
          • Australian Aborigines and the Birth of Australia
          • Battle of San Jacinto
          • Swiss Neutrality
          • Ancestry of Walt Disney
          • Captain James Cook vs. Hawaii
          • Battle of Waterloo
          • Treaty of Waitangi
          • Belgian Independence
          • Robert Burns
          • Central American Independence
          • Gregor McGregor's Poyais scam
          • Queen Victoria
          • Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
          • Californian Gold Rush
        • Abraham Lincoln
        • Mary Seacole
        • Italian Unification
        • Romania, Russia and Moldova
        • History of Cinco de Mayo
        • The Dalton Gang
        • The Birth of Germany
        • History of Memorial Day
        • How the US stole Hawaii
        • The Burning of Atlanta
        • Juneteenth
        • Assassination of James A. Garfield
        • History of West Virginia
      • Early 20th Century fact cards
        • The Origin of Teddy Bears
        • Origin of Father's Day
        • The Sinking of The Titanic
      • World War One fact cards
        • How World War 1 began
        • Battle of Osowiec Fortress/ Attack of the Dead Men
        • February Revolution (1917)
        • Armistice Day (11 Nov 1918)
        • History of Veterans Day
        • The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
        • HMHS Britannic Sinking (21 Nov 1916)
        • ANZAC Day
        • Battle of Somme
        • Finnish Independence
        • Easter Rising 1916
          • Countess Constance Markievicz
          • Patrick/ Pádraig Pearse
      • Interwar (1918-39)
        • Bloody Sunday 1920
        • The Bolshevik Revolution and the Birth of the USSR
        • Lateran Treaty
        • Emu War (1932)
        • Christmas Truce 1914
        • Hungarian Independence
        • Herbert Hoover
        • The Birth of the Weimar Republic
        • Irish Leader Michael Collins
        • Tulsa Race Massacre
        • Mahatma Gandhi
        • Maurice Tillet
        • Stan Laurel
        • Irish Independence
        • Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
        • War of the Worlds 1938 Broadcast
        • Francisco Franco
        • Benito Mussolini
        • A. A. Milne
        • Holodomor
        • History of Gummy Bears
        • Nadezhda Allilluyeva
        • Hindenberg disaster
        • Tex Avery
        • Agatha Christie
      • World War 2 fact cards
        • Adolf Hitler
        • Disney Animators Strike
        • The Winter War
        • Icelandic Independence
        • Vidkrun Quisling (Norwegian Nazi)
        • Two Romanian Dictators
        • Miklós Horthy (Hungarian Nazi)
        • Ante Pavelić
        • History of Autism
        • Philipe Pétain (French Nazi)
        • The Holocaust
        • D-Day Invasion in Normandy (6 June 1944)
        • Pearl Harbour Attacks (7 Dec 1941)
        • The Sinking of the HMS Hood and the Bismarck
        • Operation Barbarossa
        • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
      • Cold War fact cards
        • Eva Perón
        • What happened to Prussia?
        • Indonesian Independence Day
        • When the Queen Mother partied her way into debt
        • Indian Independence
        • Chairman Mao
        • How China became communist
        • Josip Broz Tito
        • The Kim Dynasty
        • Atomic tests in Kazakhstan
        • Rosa Parks
        • Enver Hoxha
        • Tove Jansson
        • Dr Seuss
        • Malayan Emergency
        • Windrush
        • Why is Korea divided?
        • Algerian Indpendence
        • Grace Kelly
        • Alfredo Stroessner
        • Destalinisation
        • Cold War page 2 (1957-66)
          • Miracle of Lenegede
          • Ghanaian Independence
          • Che Guevara
          • The Time Frank Sinatra tore up JFK's helipad
          • JFK Assassination/ Assassination of John F. Kennedy
          • Manuel Noriega
          • The Life of JFK, before the Assasination
          • Fidel Castro
          • Centralia
          • Martin Luther King Jr.
          • Park Chung Hee
          • Eritrean Independence
          • The Duvaliers
          • Mobutu Sese Seko
          • Roald Dahl
          • Sinking of the SS Cedarville
          • Aberfan Disaster
        • Cold War page 3 (1967-76)
          • Phil Lynott
          • John Lennon
          • Idi Amin
          • Pol Pot
          • Munich Massacre (5 Sept 1972)
          • Whale explosion on Oregon beach (1970)
          • Roger Hargreaves
          • Bangladeshi Independence
          • Francisco Nguema
          • Juan Maria Bordaberry
          • Ferdinand Marcos
          • Kwanzaa
          • Anti Vietnam War Protests
          • Watergate
          • Assassination of Indira Gandhi
          • Moon Landing 1969/ Apollo 11 Moon Landing
          • Freddie Mercury
          • The Fall of Saigon
          • Gerald Ford's stair tumble
        • Cold War page 4 (1977-86)
          • Iranian Revolution (1978-79) (Islamic)
          • Ayatollah Khomenhi
          • The Break in at Buckingham Palace (1982)
          • Don Bluth in Ireland/ How Don Bluth influenced the Irish animation industry
          • John Hurt Banned from South Africa over name confusion
          • The Alta Dam Controversy
          • Diana, Princess of Wales (Lady Diana)
          • Jonestown Massacre (The People's Temple)
          • Vietnamese Invasion of Cambodia
          • Leopoldo Galtieri
          • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
          • Mr. Rogers and the Death of John Lennon
          • When Ronald Reagan messed with Bruce Springsteen (1984)
          • Assassination of Olof Palme
          • Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)
          • Robert Mugabe
          • Stardust fire
          • Challenger disaster
          • Hotel New World collapse
          • Chernobyl/ Chornobyl Nuclear Disaster
        • Cold War poster
      • Modern (1992-present)
        • The Good Friday Agreement 1998
        • Why is Hong Kong angry with China?
        • Death of Nodar Kumaritashvili
        • Handover of Macau
        • Pentium FDIV Bug
        • Oklahoma City Bombing
        • Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
        • Epilepsy and Photosensitivity
        • What's going on in Belarus?
        • SQL Slammer Worm
        • Saparmurat Niyazov
        • November 2015 Paris Attacks
        • The Breakup of Yugoslavia
          • NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
          • Croatian War of Independence
          • Montenegrin Independence
          • Destruction of Sarajevo Library
        • Dunblane Massacre (13 March 1996)
        • Omagh Bombing (15 Aug 1998)
        • Peruvian Clown Day
        • The Sinking of the MS Estonia
        • Selena Quintanilla
        • Veronica Guerin
        • BBC Television Centre Bombing 2001
        • Trapped Chilean Miners
        • Satoru Iwata
        • 7/7 London Bombings
        • Manchester Arena attacks 2017
        • Waco Siege
        • Death of Dale Earnhardt Sr.
        • Ghanaian Dancing Pallbearers
        • Rob Ford, more reckless than Donald Trump
        • Arab Spring
        • Rwandan War and Genocide
        • Costa Concordia Disaster
        • September 11 Attacks
          • What caused the Twin Towers to collapse?
          • Killing of Osama bin Laden (2nd May 2011)
        • Steve Irwin
        • World Refugee Day
        • Brussels and Westminster attacks
      • The Troubles (1968-98)
        • Lord Mountbatten Assassination
        • Bloody Sunday 1972
        • IRA Attacks
        • The Start of the Troubles
        • The Delorean
        • Hunger Strike 1981
        • Warrington Bombings 1993
      • LGBTQ+ history
        • Lynn Conway
        • Alan L Hart
        • Kevin Conroy
        • Magnus Hirshfeld
        • Gilbert Baker
        • Howard Ashman
        • History of the Stonewall Inn
        • La Coccinelle
        • Aleshia Brevard
        • Lili Elbe
        • Roberta Cowell
        • Kiyoshi Kuromiya
        • Marsha P Johnson
        • History of Pride (Stonewall riots)
        • Sappho
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    • European Characters
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      • Margote of France
    • Asian Characters
      • Satoru of Japan
    • North American characters
      • Bernita of Cuba
      • Fabienne of Haiti
      • Hilary of the United States of America
        • Lisa Marie of the US State of Tennessee
        • Loukrita of the US State of New York
        • Rose of US State of Massachusetts
        • Naomi of the US State of Maryland
        • Miley of the US State of Montana
        • Gabby of the US State of Georgia
        • Tess of the US State of Ohio
        • Felicia of the US State of Colorado
        • Clementine of the US State of California
        • Valerie of the US State of Virginia
        • Jovie of the US State of West Virginia
        • Florinda of the US State of Florida
    • South American Characters
    • African Characters
  • Burning questions about life and the world
    • How the Calendar works
    • Origins of Climate Change
    • How did Russia get so big
    • Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan fighting?
    • Why are poppies World War 1 symbols?
    • Why is Black History Month in February?
    • Why are there two Sudans?
    • How did Syria get war torn?
    • Why is the Middle East unstable?
    • How did New Zealand get its name?
    • Why is Yemen war torn?
    • Why is the symbol for the EU a circle of stars?
    • Why are Israel and Palestine fighting?
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    • Tsarevich Alexei
    • Russian Oligarchs
    • Anastasia Romanov
    • Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's runaway daughter
    • Rasputin
    • How the Soviet Union got its name
    • Raisa Gorbachev
    • Vladimir Lenin
    • Russian Wedding Traditions
    • How Putin came to power
    • Joseph Stalin
    • Tchaikovsky
    • Anna Politkovskaya
    • Katyusha
    • Eduard Khil
    • Russian Nestling Dolls
    • Cosmonauts
    • Stanislav Petrov
    • Why was Stalin so evil?
    • Luboks
    • Russian Blue Cats Origin
    • How Russia got its name
    • Why did Russia annex Crimea?
    • Leonid Brezhnev
      • Leonid Brezhnev's Coffin Trouble
    • History of Russian Animation
    • Women in the Soviet Union
    • The Young Pioneers (Soviet Union)
    • Stalin Show Trials
    • History of Russia's Anthem
    • Nikita Khrushchev
    • Glasnost and Perestroika
    • Vasily Arkhipov
    • The Moscow Kremlin
    • Korobeiniki
    • Boris Yeltsin
    • Assassination of Tsar Alexander II
    • Russian Alaska
    • A Day in the life of Stalin
    • How we identified the Romanovs
    • History of the Russian Orthodox Church
    • The Russian Ruble
    • Ulitsa Sezam, The Russian Sesame Street
    • Stalin's Five Year Plans
    • Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Ask Margote of France something

Enlightenment and Colonialism page 3 (1653-1752)

1453-1552
1553-1652
1753-1852

From Coronation Anthem to Football Anthem (Zadock the Priest)

Origin of 10 Downing Street

Oliver Cromwell

Handel's Messiah

History of Montana

Birth of Liechtenstein

Tsar Peter 3 vs. a Rat

Groundhog Day Origins

1553-1652
1753-1852

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