Although his flirtation with power was relatively brief, Lord Darnley still managed to find himself at the heart of two of history's bloodiest scandals.
Mary Tyler Moore defined a new type of American woman with her characters in series like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Sadly, her personal life was full of old traumas.
Rudolf II was the occult Holy Roman Emperor whose “cabinet of curiosities” and art collection has left historians scratching their heads.
Michael Alexandrovich tried to warn his brother, Tsar Nicholas II of the wolves in their midst. Sadly, no one took him seriously, until it was too late.
Anita Ekberg always said she made Fellini’s film La Dolce Vita famous, not the other way around. But that didn’t save her from a sad Hollywood story.
Joanne Woodward had a heartthrob husband and an Academy Award, but being a Hollywood darling was both a blessing and a curse.
Until his tragic death in 2006, Steven Irwin worked tirelessly to advocate for animals.
Artie Lange once tried to impress a woman at a bank by slipping her a flirty note, only for it to be mistaken for a robbery attempt.
Long before the internet, pinup models pushed the limits of what was acceptable in society—and the iconic Bettie Page was at the forefront of it all.
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