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Lawrence of Arabia dies, 1935
T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. The legendary war hero, author…
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Wreck of Robert Falcon Scott’s Ship Terra Nova Discovered
A century after Robert Scott’s ill-fated trek to the South Pole, the ship that brought him to Antarctica has been found off the coast of Greenland.
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Explore famously doomed expeditions, including John Franklin’s Arctic voyage, which researchers recently attempted to demystify.













