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10 Things We Owe to the French Revolution of 1789
The French Revolution of 1789 had a greater political, intellectual, and cultural impact, than any other revolution in history. It inaugurated a worldwide shift from the absolutist monarchies that had governed most…
Ancient History
Don’t Mess With Karma: 12 Tyrants Who Got What Was Coming
Karma can be a bitch. The old adage that one lives by the sword and dies by the sword has…
Politics
These 10 Brutal Events and People Will Make You See the French Revolution in a New Light
The French Revolution of 1789 unleashed ten years of unrelenting turmoil in France, and more than two centuries of revolutionary…
People
Queen of Death Masks, Madame Tussaud Narrowly Escaped Death in this Morbid Bargain
Madame Tussaud's wax museums are famous across the world, notable for their remarkable lifelike figures of the rich and famous.…