# History
40 Fascinating Facts About the Fabulous Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) was the first black person to become a world famous entertainer, or to star in…
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…
20 Lesser Known History Facts That Captured Attention
History is composed in the main of broad outlines and major stories known by many, and smaller stories and details…
This Heartthrob Marine Became an Italian Folk Hero For Hijacking a Plane
Airplane hijackings today are no light matter, especially when carried out by terrorists seeking to extract political concessions by executing…
This Housewife Became World War II’s Highly Decorated Spy
In 1942, Odette Sansom, a housewife and mother of three from Somerset, heard a broadcast from the Admiralty appealing for…
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…
The Tragic Ordeal of the Berlin Zoo in World War II
In 1841, Prussia's King Frederick William IV gifted his private menagerie to his subujects, and founded the Berlin Zoo. The…
20 Fascinating Historic Scandals From Around the World
The drumbeat of scandals has been steady and unceasing over the past few years, and you can hardly turn on…
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 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…