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10 Famous Working Boys Throughout History
From the glamorous courtesans of the Moulin Rouge to destitute "Fallen women" in the stories of Charles Dickens, most people…
The Windrush Generation and the Rebuilding of Post War Britain
On June 22, 1948, a former Nazi cruise liner and British troop ship, the Empire Windrush landed at London’s Tilbury docks.…
10 Historical Female Duelists and their Duels
One-on-one fights as a point of honor or to settle a score have occurred throughout history. These fights, known as…
The Story of the Real Life Zorro, Joaquin Murrieta
Like so many other men during the California Gold Rush, Joaquin Murrieta traveled to the mountains in the hopes that…
10 Historical Deaths Weirder Than the Movies
Sooner or later, the Grim Reaper comes for us all. However, he does not come for us all in the…
In WWII, Two Gay Soldiers’ Forbidden Romance Lives On In Their Love Letters
Soldiers separated from their loved ones during World War II gazed at photographs of their sweethearts, and wrote love letters…
The Real Beauty and the Beast Didn’t Live Happily Ever After
According to anthropologists from Durham University, some fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast go back over 4,000 years. It…
The Bloody History of the Haitian Revolution in 10 Events
From 1791 to 1804, the French colony of Saint Domingue, today's Haiti, saw a multisided and violent struggle for power…
Marthe Cnockaert: The Lady Double Agent of WWI
Marthe Cnockaert was living in Westrozebeke, Belgium with her parents and brothers in 1914 when she learned the world was…
Embellishment and Mutilation Were Part of the 10 Most Bizarre Fashion Trends in History
In this list we are going to cross historical and geographic divides to offer up some of the most bizarre…