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The Bat Bomb Invention and Other Odd Facts from History and War
History sometimes comes across as dull - a dreary collection of dusty facts and dates that cause students’ eyes to glaze over. However, history and war have no shortage of details that…
America Accidentally Attacked the Soviet Union and Other Lesser Known History Moments
During the Cold War, the two global superpowers often fought each other via proxies. The Soviets bled us with 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 -…
12 Unexpected Facts about Vlad the Impaler, the Real Dracula
The fictional Count Dracula has cast a long shadow over Western Culture since the publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in…
10 Little Known Criminals Who Committed History’s Worst Crimes
The annals of recorded history have no shortage of criminal monsters in human form. Evil types who enjoy inflicting pain…
10 Violent Battles that Defined the Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a collection of multi-ethnic territories in Central Europe. Pope Leo III technically formed it on…
12 Royal Deaths that Took a Bizarre and Undignified Turn
Throughout most of history, royals have been mankind's most privileged class. The ones born to the purple got the best…
When the Lower Class Fights Back: 12 of History’s Greatest Peasant Revolts
Most people today grew up and live in societies in which concepts such as egalitarianism and equal treatment before the…
This Day In History: The Berlin Wall Is Opened (1989)
On this day in history in 1989, the world watched in astonishment as something that few expected to see, actually…