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History That Broke the Internet

Beautifully designed digital volumes. Buy once, download instantly, read forever.

The Viral History Collection — Vols 1–3
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The Viral History Collection

All three volumes of History That Broke the Internet — 150 jaw-dropping, cinematic true stories from the forgotten corners of the past. Exploding corpses, ancient vending machines, pirate queens. The complete digital collection.

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History That Broke the Internet — Volume 1
Volume One

History That Broke the Internet

50 emotionally charged, visually stunning, jaw-dropping true stories that sound like fiction but aren’t. An exploding corpse, a whale-carcass cure, a Viking woman commander — and 47 more.

$4.99
History That Broke the Internet — Volume 2
Volume Two

History That Broke the Internet

50 more mind-blowing true stories. Napoleon’s rabbit attack, leech-therapy TikToks, Mayan baby head-shaping — beautifully designed and painfully human.

$4.99
History That Broke the Internet — Volume 3
Volume Three

History That Broke the Internet

50 shocking, ironic, and oddly emotional true stories. Monkey assassins, ancient vending machines, America’s molasses flood — the binge-worthy history class you never got in school.

$4.99
Quiet History
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