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Nov 2021
29m 21s

100 Events That Changed the World 41-50

Danny Ballan
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Learn about ten events that changed the history of the world in this new episode from the series 100 Events That Changed the World. We will talk about events from Mercator's projections all the way to Sir Isaac Newton and his Principia.

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