People
16 Spending Habits of the Gilded Age That Makes Today’s Wealthy Look Frugal
During the 1800s, the United States had no federal income tax, something that sounds like a luxury that we could…
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Brother, Joseph, Was King of Naples and Spain but Somehow Ended up Moving to New Jersey
Being an Average Joe (or Average Jane) and living in the shadow of a highly accomplished relative can be tough.…
The Young Queen Sunandha Died From Drowning Because the Law Forbade Anybody to Touch Her By Pain of Death
Princess Sunandha Kumariratana, born on November 10, 1860, was the daughter of Rama IV, or King Mongkut, and his princess…
Ely S. Parker, a Native American, Drafted the Surrender Documents for the Civil War
Ely S. Parker was a Seneca leader who had a hand in ending the American Civil War. In fact, Parker…
16 Times Artist Pablo Picasso Would Have Been Called Out During the #MeToo Movement
Pablo Ruiz Picasso is perhaps the best-known artist of the 20th century. In his lifetime, he amassed a fortune and…
16 Remarkable But Frequently Overlooked Women
There are plenty of fascinating people from history who helped shape the world, only to end up overlooked, without receiving…
16 Notable People Guillotined in the French Revolution
Before the invention of the guillotine, an executioner might make several attempts with a sword before effectively chopping someone’s head…
18 Incidents of People Vanishing into Thin Air Throughout History
It’s always intriguing when someone simply vanishes. Throughout history people have vanished without a trace, leaving little sign as to…
20 Nazis Who Committed Suicide by Cyanide Poisoning
Cyanide, the foundational poison of the Nazi's own Zyklon-B gas used to exterminate the victims of the Holocaust, ironically became…
16 Women Scientists Who Changed History into Herstory
Ever since the film Hidden Figures came out in 2016, people have adored female astronauts, mathematicians, and scientists. After all,…