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Elizabeth I's spymaster went to disturbing lengths to ensure Mary Queen of Scots' legacy was erased.

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When Juliane Koepcke finally came to a stop on the ground after her plane broke apart midair, she was miraculously still alive—but her nightmare was only beginning.

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Jackie Kennedy Onassis was engaged before she met JFK, but she broke it off because she found her fiance "immature and boring."

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After executing his wife, King Herod preserved her in honey and kept her around for years—until he died of a strangely fitting, gruesome disease.

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Anne Boleyn Facts. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII. Here are tragic facts about the iconic queen and her violent end.

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Before Amelia Earhart, there was Marie Marvingt, the female pilot who went undercover during WWI and set incredible new records in the world of aviation.

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The Oneida Indian Nation made their mark on American history when they became the first ally to America in their fight for independence during the American Revolutionary War. But their victory wasn’t such a win after all—it was actually the beginning of a nightmare.

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What do you know about the old west? Well, if you ask most people they'd probably tell you that what they know they learnt from the movies. From The Good, the Bad and the Ugly to The Magnificent Seven to Unforgiven and Dances With Wolves—For over 80 years Hollywood has been presenting us with a version of the old west in the movies that we've basically accepted as fact. But the truth is just a little different.

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Hailed as “car of the year” in 1960, condemned by Ralph Nader in 1965, and defunct by 1969, the Chevrolet Corvair was a roller coaster of a car.

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The discovery of the alphabet at Umm el-Marra has sent shockwaves through historical studies challenges long-held beliefs about the origins of our alphabet—presenting rare moment when history itself needs rewriting.

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James Hetfield is not your typical car collector who sees a car he wants and buys it. Instead, he visualizes a classic car and then goes and builds it—and to say they’re impressive would be an understatement.



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