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In 1910, Death Row Inmates Played Baseball For Their Lives
The Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars looked like your average baseball team. Healthy young men swung their bats and ran…
History’s Most Prolific and Deadly Female Poisoner Helped Women get Rid of their Husbands
In 17th century Italy, most women who did not wish to take up a nun's habit and enter a convent…
Hero of Alexandria Changed the World with this Invention Much Earlier than Many Thought
In 1681, French-born Denis Papin made a unique discovery after an unfortunate accident with a pressure cooker. Papin’s attempts to…
The Ongoing Devastation of Agent Orange is a Cruel Legacy of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was fought in a setting quite alien to US troops and military command: thick tropical jungle. To…
This 18th Century Man Literally Ate Everything, Which Led to One of the Most Disturbing Medical Cases in History
In the 1700s, a French man is only known as “Tarrare” became a sideshow spectacle, as well as a medical…
This Disastrous Shipwreck Forced Survivors into Cannibalism and Inspired the Tale of Moby Dick
Before trying his hand at writing, the young Herman Melville’s brief career on the sea would influence his later works.…
All Aboard The Orphan Train: How One Man’s Idea Saved Thousands Of Children
Adoption, as we think of it today, has changed drastically over time. So has the meaning behind the phrase "putting…
Muslim Americans have Much Deeper Roots in Our Country’s History than Many Care to Admit
Over the past few years, Muslims have frequently found themselves at the center of debates regarding religious freedom in the…
Henry VIII’s “Ugly” Wife Ended Up Having The Last Laugh
As one of history’s most infamous kings, Henry VIII of England is most well known for one thing: his seemingly…
These Religious Prisons Turned Orphans, Young Girls, and Pregnant Women into Slaves Inside Convent Walls
Not that long ago, girls and women who defied societal norms were forced into convents and reform institutions. "Do-gooders" established…