Politics
10 Groundbreaking Cases You’ve Never Heard of That Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks: the classic figures representative of the wider civil rights movement. But what…
10 Presidents You Didn’t Know Were Shaped by the Freemasons
The earliest known records of Freemasonry in North America date from the second decade of the eighteenth century in eastern…
10 Major Historical Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
We all make mistakes from time to time. Luckily, most times when we screw up, the consequences of our mistakes…
10 Powerful First Ladies That Actually Drove the US Presidency From Behind the Scenes
It might be surprising to learn that not every woman to act as First Lady in American history has been…
The Surprising Pastimes of 10 of History’s Worst Rulers Will Leave You Scratching Your Head
Running a government or being in charge of a country could be demanding work, so it is unsurprising that many…
FBI Documents Claim Martin Luther King Jr. Hosted Orgies that Lasted Days
Over 600 documents were recently released from the archives of the FBI, shedding some light on the investigation into the…
10 Heroes Screwed Over by Their Ungrateful Countries
Why do bad things happen to good people? It is an existential question over which philosophers and theologians have agonized…
The Unexpected Reason for England’s First Major Violent Revolution
Late fourteenth century England was not a pleasant place to be. The Black Death had swept the nation a few…
10 Remarkable Fraudulent Discoveries and Inventions that Shook the World
New discoveries and scientific inventions can bring the discoverer or inventor great wealth, fame, celebrity, prestige or all the preceding.…
The 10 Most Unflattering Portraits Ever Made and the Stories Behind Them
For as long as we've made art, we've made portraits. And for as long as we've made portraits, we've made…