# Andrew Jackson
Tough Teddy and Old Hickory: America’s Most Badass Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt got into boxing in his youth, and continued to box well into middle age in the White House. He had to quit after a sparring partner permanently messed up one…
History’s Celebrities Partied like Rock Stars
The poised, polished portraits found in history books and art galleries are lying. Their stoic, refined gaze hides a secret: Historic…
President Roosevelt’s Bar Fight and More Quirky and Creepy Presidential Facts
The lives of many American presidents contain lesser-known but fascinating facts that we seldom learn in school. Take Teddy Roosevelt.…
What Lincoln’s Pockets Held When he Died and Other Presidential Oddities
When President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, his wallet had no US currency. However, it contained a $5 Confederate banknote. He…
Dramatic Assassination Plots from History and Their Outcomes
Assassination and the risk thereof are an occupational hazard for the prominent, the powerful, or just the plain famous and…
The Mongols Dined Atop their Live Enemies and Other Fascinating Historic Facts
Did you know that the Mongols once celebrated a victory by feasting atop the living bodies of their slowly suffocating…
Quirks and Oddities of Influential People in History
American presidential weirdness, scandal, and battiness is not a new phenomenon, but one that has been around since the country’s…
Outlandish Stories from Inside the Executive Mansion
The official residence and workplace of the President of the United States, the White House has played host to all…
35 Times the US Trampled on Native American Rights
You probably know that the US has a pretty sordid history of its behavior toward the indigenous peoples who already…
18 Lesser Known Historic Sites in the United States that We’ve All Been Missing Out On
There are well over 400 national parks, monuments, and historical sites administered by the National Park Service across the United…