We may be standing on the shoulders of giants—and, if some legends are believed, that phrase might be shockingly literal.
Once Henry IV finally had his crown, a fanatic ripped him from his throne and gave him a violent death.
Caught between two hostile adversaries, the people of Tlaxcala formed an alliance with conquistador Hernan Cortez to topple the Aztec Empire, forever shaping the future of Mesoamerica.
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.
Considered to be the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, the Incan Empire experienced a very rapid growth and subsequent fall within the 300 years of its existence.
The CIA once experimented on people using LSD as a way to study mind-control. What’s worse, some subjects didn’t even know about the experiment.
Princess Helena was Queen Victoria's forgotten daughter—yet their relationship was even more twisted than people realize.
Ty Cobb was admired and feared as one of baseball's greatest players but his reputation was damaged by the outrageous allegations of his biographer.
Rudolf II was the occult Holy Roman Emperor whose “cabinet of curiosities” and art collection has left historians scratching their heads.
When Mumtaz Mahal, the “Jewel of the Palace,” tragically died in childbirth, her husband built the Taj Mahal in her honor.
After losing everyone she’d ever loved, Maria I of Portugal began to change. She’d hiss, shriek, and claim there was a “demon” inside of her.
Queen Soraya infamously divorced the Shah of Iran, but the pair never stopped loving each other. They were more star-crossed than Romeo and Juliet.
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