Scandal-Makers

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Who knew that John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who allegedly invented the iconic snack, had such a dark and disturbing history?

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The people called her Moses. Like the Old Testament patriarch, she led an enslaved people out of bondage--but few know Harriet Tubman's dark history.

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Gore Vidal ripped into American culture as if it were a hobby. He collected enemies like jewels on a bracelet. And then there was his largest collection: hot Italian men.

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Ira Hayes famously raised the flag on Iwo Jima and has gone down in history, but few know the harrowing story of this Native American Marine.

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New evidence suggests Peter was not just a wild child—and that he may have been more human than the rest of us.

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In 1974, John Stonehouse took a trip to Miami. He left his clothes in a neat bundle at the beach...and then vanished into thin air.



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