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Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last ruler of an independent Egypt and one of the most important women of the ancient world. 

In addition to being a brilliant and cunning ruler in her own right, she was also famously associated with two of the most powerful men in the late Roman Republic. 

Yet was her involvement with these men that ultimately led to the downfall of her and of Egypt.

Learn more about the rise and fall of Queen Cleopatra on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Perhaps the greatest advancement in the arts in the 20th century was the creation of motion pictures. 

Motions Pictures was a brand-new art form. While initially it was just recorded stage presentations, it eventually evolved into something much more. 

Today, it is a multi-billion-dollar industry, which is all due to countless technical advancements that have occurred over the decades. 

Learn more about the history of motion pictures, how they were created and how they evolved on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, situated between South America and Africa, lies the most remote human settlement on Earth.

There, a community of a little over 250 people eke out a living over 1,500 miles from the next closest humans. 

Getting there is difficult, and living there is probably even harder. 

Learn more about Tristian da Cuhna and how such an isolated community manages to survive on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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One of the most difficult concepts for early thinkers to get their heads around was the idea of nothing. 

Everywhere we go, all our lives, there is something. There is air and matter that surrounds us everywhere because if there weren’t, we wouldn’t be here. 

Eventually, scientists and philosophers became comfortable with the idea of nothing and were able to study it. What they found was that nothing was actually something. 

Learn more about vacuums and how the concept of it was accepted and then eventually created and put to use on this...

Just south of the United States and north of Guatemala is Mexico, a fact which I’m sure all of you know. 

However, most people don’t know that much about Mexico. There are caricatures of Mexico, and many people are familiar with some of the tourist areas, but that’s about it. 

In reality, Mexico is one of the world’s largest countries, and its unique geography has influenced its history and economy. 

Learn more about Mexico's physical, cultural, and economic geography on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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For thousands of years, many theories have been put forward as to the cause of communicable diseases. 

These theories ranged from the religious to the magical and sometimes quasiscientific, but what they all had in common was that there was no proof for anything. 

Over the centuries these theories became dogma and often prevented a better understanding of diseases. It wasn’t until the 19th century that we got a clear picture of what the cause actually was.

Learn more about the germ theory of disease and why it took so long to reco...

In October 1919, the champions of the National League, the Cincinnati Reds, faced the champions of the American League, the Chicago White Sox, in the World Series. 

While Cincinnati won the championship on the field five games to three, the series will be forever remembered because of the events surrounding it. Even a hundred years later, it remains one of the most significant events in American professional sports.

Learn more about the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal, and how it almost destroyed the game of baseball, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 

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I would say that there is a very good chance that almost everyone listening to the sound of my voice right now is wearing something made of cloth. 

Cloth, textiles, and fabrics go back a very long way, but despite their ancient origins, not every culture had them. 

Yet, where they existed, they were often some of the most valuable commodities, and they were, in some fashion, used by everyone from rich to poor. 

Learn more about cloth, textiles, and fabrics, their origin, and how they’ve changed throughout history on this episode of Ev...

In the year 53 BC, Rome suffered one of the greatest military defeats in its history. A Roman army led by Marcus Lucinisu Crassus was led into the desert in present-day Southern Turkey and was systematically destroy by an army from the Kingdom of Parthia. 

The defeat itself didn’t radically weaken Rome, but the death of Crassus led to a chain of events that would result in the end of the Roman Republic. 

It was also the opening salvo in a centuries-long rivalry between Rome and Parthia that would never be definitively resolved.

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Located between China and India, Pakistan, Buthan, and Nepal is the world’s highest chain of mountains, The Himalayas. 

The Himalayas aren’t just very tall, picturesque mountains that are the home of Mount Everest. They are perhaps the most important mountain range on Earth. 

The Himalayas serve as the source of several of the world’s most important rivers. It is responsible for weather patterns throughout much of Asia, and it has served an important role throughout history in trade, religion, and geopolitics. 

Learn more about the Himalayas, how they were formed and the r...