Politics
12 Historically Important Perverts and How They Changed the World
To an extent - great or small - everybody has a bit of a deviant within, with perverse urges eager…
Corruption in the White House: 8 Times Presidents Were Caught in Extramarital Affairs
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was long considered the poster boy for presidential philandering. At least he was prior to the administration…
The Violent Reason for 500 Years of Swiss Neutrality
Everyone knows that the Swiss are neutral, right? Well, that wasn’t always the case, and the Swiss used to be…
12 of History’s Most Notorious Pirates Will Make You Want to Stay off the Seven Seas
Piracy - the act of violent robbery by seaborne attackers against ships or coastal areas in order to seize valuables…
12 of History’s Greatest Back Stabbers and their Dramatic Consequences
According to folk etymology, the term "double-cross", as in deception by some kind of double-dealing, originated with the 18th century…
9 Forgotten American Wars Your History Teacher Never Taught You
The United States has participated in only five wars in its history in which the Congress of the United States…
12 of the Most Unbelievably Strange Deaths of the Renaissance
The one commonality uniting all of mankind, regardless of time, place, race or sex is that sooner or later, everybody…
12 of History’s Most Bizarre Rulers
From King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia who collected giants to staff his favorite regiment the way little girls collected dolls,…
A Confederate Hero Steeped in Secrets: 9 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee has filled the news headlines lately. Lee is a controversial figure due to his service to the…
Tremendous Lives and Dramatic Deaths of Twelve Roman Caesars
For the Romans, the way you shuffled off your mortal coil was just as important as the way you bore…