# History
The Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Five Times As Many Jews As Oskar Schindler
"Do what is right because it is right, and leave it alone" - Chiune Sugihara. Relatively few know about the…
A Countdown of History’s 16 Most Influential and Formidable Mercenaries
Mercenaries - warriors hired to take part in armed conflicts, without being a formal part of a government's forces -…
America’s Aerial Gunners in World War II Were Believed to Be an Unstoppable Force
"From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.…
History’s Deadliest Earthquake in Shaanxi 1556, Leveled Mountains and Reversed Rivers
The Loess Region is the cradle of China's civilization. It is also a region particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage because…
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Brother, Joseph, Was King of Naples and Spain but Somehow Ended up Moving to New Jersey
Being an Average Joe (or Average Jane) and living in the shadow of a highly accomplished relative can be tough.…
16 Remarkable But Frequently Overlooked Women
There are plenty of fascinating people from history who helped shape the world, only to end up overlooked, without receiving…
CIA Director, William Colby, Got His Start Blowing Up Stuff in Nazi-Occupied Europe
William Colby, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is best remembered for his stint as America's top spy from…
America’s World War II Black Aviators Had to Fight Tooth and Nail to Serve Their Country… and Then Fought For It
African Americans played a significant role in America's military history, despite the limited opportunities, adversity, and open hostility that they…
16 Dramatic and Bizarre Ways People Died in Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World
The Ancient and Hellenistic Greeks played an outsized role in shaping the world, giving us things such as philosophy, democracy,…
Arthur Rimbaud’s Roller Coaster Life, from Sensitive Poet to Mercenary and Arms Dealer
Few have embodied the "haunted poet" bit better than French poet Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), an early…