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Before the outbreak of World War I, Adolf Hitler was a practicing artist. On two separate occasions, Hitler was denied admission to the Academy for Art Studies in Vienna. He took art very seriously and during his 12-year reign as German Führer, the international art industry was demolished. It has been estimated that Hitler stole [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 12:01 am
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They say truth is stranger than fiction, and in most cases it’s also more interesting. With this in mind, it seems a shame that Hollywood producers don’t pull from the great lives and stories of history more often. There are plenty of fascinating and absolutely true tales out there that are just waiting to be [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 8:55 am
Filed under Bizarre, Movies · Tagged adaptations, amazing true stories, Blackbeard, David Learned Dale, Desert Fox, Dyatlov Pass, early Hemingway, Edward Teach, Erwin Rommel, filmmakers, Gregor Macgregor, Hemingway, Hemingway in Paris, Jan Erik Olson, missing a tongue, Movies, Northern Ural, Paul Gauguin, prince of Poyais, Rommel, scriptwriters, Shigenori Nishikaichi, Stockholm Syndrome, stolen uranium, Tahiti, the Niihau Incident, top 10 lists, top ten list, TopTenz, true stories, true stories made into movies, truth is stranger than fiction, uranium theft, young Hemingway
