David O'Shea articles

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A Titan Of PhysicsWhen Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease at a young age, it could have been a tragic story of a brilliant mind dealt a bad hand, who simply gave...

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In 1967, Muhammad Ali refused to comply with the draft order, claiming it was against his faith to fight against people who had never harmed him.

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One of the greatest guitarists of all time, Jimmy Page was the genius behind Led Zeppelin's iconic, hard rock sound. But behind the rock god image, Page cultivated enought dark secrets, questionable behavior, and interpersonal problems to fill a stairway

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Louis Philippe II sold out his family to revolutionaries to survive the Reign of Terror—only to pay a seriously twisted price for his betrayal.

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In 300, Xerxes was a monstrous villain, but the real King of Kings was even worse than what we saw on screen.

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Anna Pavlova had a frail appearance that made her an underdog, but she became one of the most powerful forces in the dancing world.

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Despite decades of being Baseball’s greatest controversy, Pete Rose finally has a posthumous shot at making it into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Marcus Crassus was known as “the richest man in Rome”—and when he finally met his end in 53 BC, it was utterly horrifying.

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Chilling conspiracies. Jaw-dropping affairs. Disturbing allegations. The legacy of Louis Mountbatten gets darker every day.



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