Politics
10 Things Most People Don’t Know About America’s Eugenics Program of the 20th Century
Sir Francis Galton was a Victorian polymath and a cousin of Charles Darwin. A prolific writer, he produced over 350…
Test Your Knowledge: Here are the 10 Real Steps Which Led the US into World War II
Officially the United States was neutral during the early days of the Second World War. Beginning in 1938 the US…
These 10 Truly Bizarre Beliefs From History Will Keep You Laughing All Night
From the belief that joining the workforce and getting a job would dry out a woman's uterus, to the conviction…
12 Notable Same Gender Couples from History
"Behind every great man, there is a great woman," or so the saying goes. But, in some cases, great men…
10 Catastrophic Solutions That Backfired Spectacularly and Made the Problem Worse
Good intentions often go awry, and that is why the road to hell is said to be paved with them.…
10 of the Most Intense Moments From Theodore Roosevelt’s Life
It is fitting indeed that one of the massive granite heads looking out over the Black Hills from Mt. Rushmore…
The Dark Side of Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, was one of the most controversial politicians of the 20th century.…
10 Monstrous Dictators You’ve Never Heard Of
Although there are plenty of democratically elected leaders that are miserable failures, at least the citizens of the country have…
10 African Revolutionaries Who Changed the World
Despite the fact that one of the most inspiring revolutionaries of all time, Nelson Mandela, was African, Africa is not…
10 of History’s Most Remarkable Hoaxes and Forgeries
Hoaxes are falsehoods deliberately concocted to masquerade as the truth and can range from the trivial, amounting to little more…