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Swedish pop group ABBA performs during the Eurovision Song Contest

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Oleg Gordievsky

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OJ Simpson confers with lawyers during his murder trial

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British prime minister Harold Wilson, March 1967. (Photo by Michael Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Ewan Macgregor in 'A Gentleman in Moscow' and the Hotel Metropol in Moscow

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The real Shirley Chisholm in 1974 and the Regina King in Netflix film 'Shirley'

Is Netflix’s Shirley a true story? The real history behind Chisholm's astonishing achievements

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How people with learning disabilities thrived in the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: the real history that debunks one of history’s darkest conspiracies

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