History

In those darkest times when Hitler’s party decided to take over Europe, that’s when the light of humanity shone the most, just like what these three people did.

In Charles Guiteau’s mind, the President had wronged him, and his death was a sad necessity to save the country.

Douglas Bader of Royal Air Force proved himself to be an excellent pilot during World War II despite lacking something: a pair of legs.

One Finnish soldier managed to survive a Soviet attack by getting high on meth, with a dose for 30 people.

One ruler stood and managed to do what others couldn’t. She was the queen of the Kingdom of Kush named Amanirenas, and she stood and did not allow her kingdom to be taken and controlled by the Romans.

Here are some feasts, festivals, and celebrations that the emperors, kings, or queens once hosted that were the real deal during their respective times.

While many Ottoman sultans were brilliant and great leaders, there were also some who were cunning and cruel, and you wouldn’t want to meet them.

Here are some wartime secret agents that you didn’t really expect.

Freddie was 14, and Truus was 16 when they were recruited in a Dutch resistance group to work behind the curtains against the Nazis.

Not many of us know about JFK’s brother’s death in the Navy, a story that’s not much told in what was labeled as the “Kennedy curse.”

While there were plenty of weapons that turned out to be great and were mass-produced, there were also those that flopped and were better left off in the deep abyss of the past. Here are examples of those World War II weapons that failed miserably.

Imagine a woman so feared by her enemies that she was known as “Lady Death.” It was said that she loomed over the enemy like a demonic angel, but in reality, she was neither. This “Hero of the Soviet Union“ (her nation’s highest top award for valor in combat) stood only 5′ 1″ (155 cm), yet […]