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Big Bastards: 10 of History’s Most Influential Illegitimate Children

Throughout most of history and across most cultures, calling somebody a "bastard" has been used as an insult to stigmatize those born out of wedlock. Of course, to the extent that a…

By Khalid Elhassan · 27 min

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This Day In History: An Earthquake Devastated Chile, Killing Tens of Thousands (1939)

On this day in history, a terrible earthquake devastated the Latin American country of Chile. On January 24, 1939, an…

Ed · 3 min