After he became the outright owner of McDonald’s, Ray Kroc rewrote the company’s history and began preaching that he was its founder.
There is a long history of people using psychological warfare tactics in order to gain an edge on the battlefields of history.
Deranged emperors, eccentric millionaires, and others have made their mark over the years—but history's weirdest people take “twisted” to the next level.
In 2025, archaeologists researching the Civil War history of Kentucky found what may be two mass graves near Simpsonville. The sites are thought to hold the remains of over twenty Black Union soldiers massacred by Confederate guerrillas in the war's furious final days.
In 2017, a Twitter user suggested that Tom Cruise wore a prosthetic butt in one of Valkyrie's scenes.
Mary Bell was only ten years old when she strangled her first victim. Her hands were so small she left no marks, making it hard to prove.
When the writers of The Office needed a gay character, they quickly chose Oscar Nunez simply because he wore a pink shirt to the meeting.
Putting a cowardly sadist on the throne of England has disastrous consequences—and King Richard II's brutal reign is proof.
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