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Ancient Egyptian Mummified Cat Case | Curiosity Trek!

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Join Andrew as he takes viewers to look at a peculiar item in the Dr. Gabriel Manigault Collection at the Charleston Museum: a bronze cat case from the Ptolemaic period which once contained a...

Ancient Egyptian Mummified Cat Case | Curiosity Trek!

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This ancient Egyptian cat case may have at one point housed a mummified cat. It is constructed out of bronze and dates back to Egypt's Ptolemaic era - around 300 B.C.

The Carolina Bomber: B-25C at Owens Field Airport | Curiosity Trek!

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Check out a ghost from the Second World War, once lost, but now has a home at Owens Field Airport in Columbia, South Carolina. This B-25C is the only known intact aircraft remaining from the fleet...

Apollo 8's Out of This World Christmas Present | History In A Nutshell Shorts

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A Christmas miracle could not have been more needed in the year 1968. With the Vietnam War at its height, race relations reaching a boiling point in the U.S., and the assassinations of Dr. Martin...

The History of the Jack-O-Lantern | History In A Nutshell Shorts

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Where did the Halloween tradition of carving faces into pumpkins and lighting them up come from? This custom stems from the old European legend of "Stingy Jack" or "Jack of the Lantern". In the tale...

Where Did The Name Halloween Come From? | History In A Nutshell Shorts

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Through a bizarre twist in history, the Catholic Church contributed just as much as Pagans did to the Halloween we know today! In the Catholic Church's early years, missionaries journeyed out to...

Why Do We Like to Tell Scary Stories on Halloween? | History In A Nutshell Shorts

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One possible origin for telling scary stories around Halloween is found thousands of years ago with the Celts of ancient Ireland! These Celtic Pagans worshipped the earth, and during their festival...

History of Hispanic Heritage Month | History In A Nutshell Shorts

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Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the U.S. from September 15 to October 15 - a time to recognize the achievements of famous Hispanic Americans as well as a celebration of Latino cultures and...

What was the spark that ignited The Great War? | June Factoids

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On June 28th, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Duchess Sophie, took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia. This event started World War I, also called "The Great War." The Young...

Cinco de Mayo: NOT Mexico's Independence Day! | History In A Nutshell Shorts

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Cinco de Mayo is commonly mistaken for Mexico's Independence Day. May 5 commemorates the miraculous Mexican victory against Imperialist French forces at the Battle of Puebla. On May 5, 1862, 2,000...

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