10 Court Jesters From the Golden Age of Wit
Many of us have grown accustomed to buffoons in positions of power, but historically the…
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10 Notorious Female Pirates Who Roamed History’s Seas
In every male dominated field, there are women who are unafraid to do what others…
10 Reasons the Real Captain Morgan was a Total Badass
If you are old enough to drink, you have most likely seen the image of…
10 Real-Life Frankensteins from the Annals of Medical History
Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero made headlines recently for claiming he has the ability, right now,…
Dark Cases of People Who Allegedly Sold Their Souls
In the battle for the soul of man, the devil is a formidable opponent. That’s…
The Real Story of Christopher Robin
Decades before we had child stars on TV, a little boy named Christopher Robin Milne…
The Continued Fascination with Lizzie Borden
There is a continued fascination with the Lizzie Borden story although it’s been 125 years…
10 Creepy Stories of Female Stalkers
When people think of stalkers, they almost always imagine a dangerously unstable man who is…
10 Pioneering Female Military Pilots
Military aviation may indeed still be a male dominated field with a history with a…
10 Billionaires You’ve Never Heard Of
Billionaires are front page news. Most people have heard of Bill Gates, who is the…
10 Suspicious Deaths of Artists and Entertainers
Just last year a fantastic film called Loving Vincent was released, detailing the death of…
10 Facts About the Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin
The Romanovs were the last imperial family in Russia, lead by Tsar Nicholas II and…
10 Celebrities Who Don’t Really Exist
It’s easier than ever to become a celebrity nowadays (as clichéd as that is to…
10 Women Who Seduced Their Way to Success
A patriarchal world hasn’t been enough to stop women from rising to positions of power…
Top 10 Infamous Assassins Who Are Still Alive
Assassination is so ingrained in American culture that it’s practically a national pastime. Every single…
10 More Historically Important Perverts
If the #MeToo movement has taught us anything, it’s that perverts are everywhere. The pages…
10 Child Stars Who Sued Their Parents
There is a stereotype that child actors have horrible upbringings, and their careers tend to…
10 Notorious Highwaymen (and Women)
During their heyday (roughly from the 16th to 19th centuries), highwaymen were considered a special…
10 Famous People Mistakenly Cited as Experts
Celebrities are a big thing in the world, especially in the United States, and enjoy…
10 Outrageously Dumb Darwin Award Winners
When Charles Darwin studied the process of evolution in the 1800s, he realized that animals…
10 Incredible Things Women Achieved While Pregnant
Prior to the 1950s, cultural norms (supported by the medical establishment) reinforced the notion that…
10 Weird Ways Celebrities Were Set on the Path to Fame
The narrative we’re usually fed is that people achieve fame and fortune through passionately pursuing…
10 Celebrities Who Are Definitely Smarter Than Us
In most cases, once someone becomes a celebrity their past endeavors and successes become irrelevant.…
10 Fanatical French Villains to Fear
When we think of France, we tend to first imagine the romantic, the gastronomically exclusive,…