# Assassination
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…
20 Historic Events Even the Movies Won’t Touch
Hollywood has never had a shortage of dumb movie plots. Nor did it have a dearth of far-fetched scenes that…
These 30 Rulers in History Were Hated by All
Even the most vile rulers in history are sometimes given a break by historians and screenwriters, their crimes minimized as…
20 Noble Relationships in History that Had Internal Conflict
In the real-life Game of Thrones, hunger for power, the fear of losing it, or just plain perversions, have often…
20 Historical Events Seldom Taught in School
From the twelve year old American child soldier who became a war hero, to the crazy pilot who flew around…
Here’s the Scoop on this Dysfunctional Dynasty in History
Few ruling families have been as dysfunctional, perverse, or given to more intra-familial murders, than the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which ruled…
History’s Most Prolific and Deadly Female Poisoner Helped Women get Rid of their Husbands
In 17th century Italy, most women who did not wish to take up a nun's habit and enter a convent…
20 Important Historical Figures Who Survived Assassination Attempts
A concise and seemingly simple means to remove an individual stymieing one's own objectives, the orchestrated murder of a prominent…
20 Facts that History Class Didn’t Cover
Did you know that the guillotine was still being used in France to behead people even as Star Wars was…
20 Significant Mafia Hits
The mafia is often glamorized in the movies, as illustrated by The Godfather. However, real life in the mob is…