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Charlie Chaplin and the Heartbreaking Reality Behind the Greatest Comedy in History

Early Life and Childhood Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London, England. Both his parents were music hall performers, singers and entertainers who worked the stages of Victorian London. On paper that sounds like a creative and interesting household to grow up in. In reality it was anything but. His father […]

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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire: Success, Slavery, and the Industrial Revolution.

Britain is not a big place. Most people are surprised when they first look at it on a map and realize just how small it actually is. And yet somewhere between its grey skies and rainy afternoons, this little island built an empire that stretched across a quarter of the earth, sparked the revolution that

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