10 Forgotten Female Firsts From History
Today we take a look at some notable and some slightly odd female firsts that…
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10 of the World’s Most Heavily Guarded Public Figures
In his 2014 article for Elite Daily, Adam Pliskin argues that milennials are especially fascinated by…
10 Obscure Eccentricities of Famous Politicians
How clean, composed, and trustworthy politicians like for us to think they are. It’s no…
10 Notable People Who Were the Product of Incest
It was with great pride — and only mild nausea — that we shared with…
10 Infamous Guillotine Executions
In the centuries prior to the French Revolution, French authorities used a variety of methods…
10 of Britain’s Greatest Eccentrics (or Weirdos, if You Were Poor)
Eccentricity is one of the great British pastimes. History is full of figures who displayed…
10 Amazing Modern “Freak Show” Performers
When you think of the term “freak show” you might imagine scenes from a bygone…
10 Notorious Australian Outlaws
The Wild West of the United States sets the stage for famous gunslinger films, but…
Top 10 Forgotten Female Alchemists From Throughout History
Alchemy is the ancient science of attempting to transform lead into gold. Alchemists also sought…
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Howard Hughes
Winston Churchill once referred to Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an…
10 People Who Were Buried Alive
The common belief that idioms such as “saved by the bell” and “working the graveyard…
10 Forgotten Women in American History
American history is full of women who have been long forgotten. Some of these women…
10 Detectives More Interesting Than Sherlock Holmes
They say that truth is stranger than fiction. While storybook detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule…
Top 10 Torrid Love Affairs of Hated Dictators
It’s easy, even comforting, to think of history’s tyrants as one-dimensional bad guys. That they…
10 Historical Suicides That Might Have Been Murders
History is full of mysterious deaths. Some of them are deemed suicides, but have enough…
10 People Accused of Being Spies
Some people choose to become spies out of patriotism; others do so in pursuit of…
10 People Who Lost Their Citizenship
You might not always like your home country, but at least it is yours. Citizenship…
10 Fascinating Facts About the Narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar
Few people have held an entire country hostage as brutally and efficiently as Pablo Escobar,…
10 Highly Decorated American Soldiers (That Everyone Should Know)
Since its inception as a country, America has produced a relentless fighting spirit, resulting in…
10 More Outrageously Dumb Darwin Award Winners
Here on TopTenz, we’ve covered the Darwin Awards once before. Of course, one list is…
10 Common Myths About US Presidents
Separating fact from fiction can be challenging when examining the lives of historical leaders —…
10 Hotly Debated Theories About Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler is history’s most reviled, and perhaps even its most influential, figure. He was, more…
10 People Falsely Reported as Dead
The rise of social media has spawned an outbreak in inconsistent news reporting. In some…
10 Well-Known People with Alleged Knowledge of UFO Activity
The possibility of extraterrestrial life fascinates almost everyone, and the world is full of people…