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The Worst Of History: Part 5 – Genghis Khan 

The statistics alone express the horrors of the Mongol leader's brutality: 40 million killed. This may be hard to fathom the elimination of an...

The Worst Of History: Part 2 – Rat Torture

Over the many myriads of humankind, our species has managed to devise many treacherous and utterly barbaric forms of punishment. Through various civilisations, we...

The Worst Of History: Part 12 – The Invention Of The Cotton Gin  

We have mentioned before in this series the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, acknowledging the increased slavery within the United States from the new century...

The Worst Of History: Part 9 – The Rwandan Genocide 

The UK Conservative government courted controversy (let’s be honest, when haven’t they?) in April 2022 when a deal was revealed for the deportation of...

The Worst Of History: Part 6 – The Lobotomy 

It is with welcome arms that science has come on in leaps and bounds since “the good old days”. No longer do people use...

The Worst Of History: Part 10 – Dick Turpin 

“I spend my cash on looking flash and grabbing your attention” is the opening line of ‘Stand And Deliver’ by Adam & The Ants....

The Worst Of History: Part 7 – The Aberfan Disaster

As much as it pains me to say it as an Englishman, Wales truly is one of the great countries of the world. A...

The Worst Of History: Part 4 – Advertising Smoking to Children

Whenever the claim of a ‘golden age in the mid-20th century is presented, there are many go-to examples to disprove this: civil rights conflicts,...

The Worst Of History: Part 1 –  The Fugitive Slave Act 1850

As far back as the earliest law sources, from Hammurabi’s Code to Draco The Lawgiver, many pieces of legislation or created rules seem to...

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