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The “Great Spy” Who Got His Revenge on the Soviet Union
Soviet and Russian leadership, pathologically suspicious of foreigners' intentions at the best of times, became outright paranoid after the devastating…

39 Groovy Things About Woodstock (That Will Never Happen Again)
Woodstock has gone down as the most famous music festival in music history. The event lasted for only 72 hours…

Fashion Icon Coco Chanel was a Nazi Secret Agent
Coco Chanel is remembered for being an inspirational woman whose life is a true rags-to-riches story. She defied all odds…

20 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages, also known as the Medieval Era, is generally denoted as the period of human history between the…

30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank
Anne Frank is quite possibly the most famous victim of the Holocaust or Shoah. Captured by an SS officer in…

Forget Disney, these 18 Princesses Loved Behaving Badly
Thanks to centuries of fairy tales, not to mention Disney movies, society has a pretty rigid idea of what a…
Jaw-Dropping Truths About History’s Most venereal Practices
While the term BDSM, an acronym that combines abbreviations for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism, and masochism, is…

17 Unusual Wills from History
The reading of the will of a recently deceased person is a staple in mystery novels and films as well…

16 of History’s Deadly Diseases That Were In Decline And Are Now Making A Comeback
Microbes are scary. Responsible for more deaths than weapons of war, we are unable to see them with our naked…
17 Facts About Gladiators
Through various mediums throughout history, we've glorified gladiators. These men are the idols of man, the quintessential ideal of bad-ass.…