Did a video game glitch really turn Mahatma Gandhi into a murderous, nuclear bomb-loving menace?
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The Robot is the Bad Guy
A technological revolution hits us while we’re down.
The history of the bizarre subatomic particles that make up our states.
Did two countries show up to Hitler’s Olympics wearing the same flag?
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The Exile
Part five: History repeats.
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The Emperor
Part four: Pathological corsicophilia.
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The President
Part three: Papa Bok.
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The Soldier
Part two: The radio tutor’s power play.
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The Last Emperor of Africa
Part one: Wishful thinking.
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Cold as Dickens
Dickensian London is iconic, but its plentiful snowdrifts bear little resemblance to the modern city. Is this artistic license? Or are Tiny Tim’s environs evidence of a centuries-long frosty period that gave us Frankenstein, witchcraft, and America?