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The British Abolitionist Who Devoted His Life to Ending Slavery
Thomas Clarkson was a British abolitionist who was responsible for gathering information and support that led to the abolition of…
Back From the Dead: 8 Unbelievable Resurrections From History
Resurrections have often been little more than the stuff of legend. Throughout history, there have been numerous instances of people…
A Bloody Legacy: 12 Steps in the Evolution of Historic Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist groups that relied on violence to intimidate societies and governments in order to achieve political, ideological, or religious aims,…
35 Pictures of the Revolutionary Che Guevara
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist and a major figure in…
The Mysterious British Folk Hero Queen Boudica
On the north side of London’s Westminster Bridge stands a great nineteenth-century sculpture: “Boadicea and Her Daughters”. The embodiment of…
11 Mysterious Secret Societies That People Know Very Little About
We all love a secret. There can be few better feelings than knowing something that everyone else doesn’t, so it…
Terror on the Steppe: 12 Terrifying Nomadic Leaders of Eurasia
Mongols, Huns, Tatars and Turks: some of the nomadic inhabitants of the Eurasian Steppe who, for millennia, terrorized the civilized…
10 Women From History Who Used Love Making as a Weapon
History remembers two kinds of women. Good wives and mothers who do what society expects of them and they live…
Last Words: 10 Memorable Dying Statements From Famous Figures
From Julius Caesar's "et tu, Brute?" to Humphrey Bogart's "I should never have switched from scotch to martinis", last words…
10 Troubled Historical Figures Who Committed Suicide
According to the World Health Organization, one million people end their lives every year. That’s one death every 40 seconds.…