Marilyn Monroe was one of the most iconic actresses of all time, but she was also known for her tumultuous personal life. Monroe had three marriages that ended in divorce, and all of them were highly publicized. Her first marriage to James Dougherty was annulled after becoming a star. She then married Joe DiMaggio, but […]
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Baldwin IV of Jerusalem was one of the most interesting and tragic figures of the 12th century. Born in 1161 and diagnosed with Leprosy at age nine, Baldwin IV became king of Jerusalem at thirteen when his father, Almaric, passed suddenly of dysentery. Although he was a child, Baldwin was a brave and determined ruler
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Frank Lucas was a prolific heroin dealer in New York in the 1970s, going toe-to-toe with the mafia and rumored to be making up to $1 million a day at some points. But how did the man with humble beginnings become such a gangster boss? It is often difficult to nail down facts about Lucas’s
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Walter Summerford, a British officer, was struck by lightning four times. That’s right, four times! Many would consider this man the unluckiest man alive but living through each of these strikes was nothing short of a miracle. How does a person survive being hit by lightning four times? What are the odds of getting struck
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The Period of Disunion in China was a time from the end of the Han Dynasty to establishing an earlier yet modern version of China. This was a time of great upheaval and chaos, as various warlords and factions fought for control over the country. However, it was also a pivotal point in Chinese history,
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What was it like to be a soldier in the American Civil War? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to this question. It was probably difficult to be a soldier in the Civil War. There were many hardships that these soldiers had to face, including death, injury, and disease. Let’s take a closer look at
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Cryptids, gnomes, trolls, demons, witches — we’re surrounded by stories of these mythical beings more than we realize. Many spiritual and religious ideas come from these surreal concepts. While the Loch Ness Monster and Big Foot are the two most popular and recognizable legends, the bloodsucking Chupacabra has become increasingly popular since its first “sighting”
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In 1844 one of France’s most well-known and popular books was published in serial format. Les Trois Mousquetaires, better known in the Anglophone world as The Three Musketeers, was written by the French novelist Alexandre Dumas. Based in the 1620s during the reign of King Louis XIII of France, it tells the story of a young man
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In the National Archives of the United Kingdom in London, there are two volumes of a work produced in medieval England at the end of the thirteenth and start of the fourteenth centuries. Known as the Liber Feodorum or Book of Fees, this text records feudal landholdings in England or lands effectively held by individuals directly from the
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The Peloponnesian War was the world war of ancient Greek times. Between 431 BC and 404 BC, the entire Greek world was dragged into it. This included not just the Greek mainland and the Greek islands but vast parts of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, even as far west as Sicily, where Greek colonies
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