Was Caligula Actually The Insane, Sadistic Pervert History Paints Him Out To Be?
Legend has it that the infamous Roman emperor Caligula was unhinged to the point that he sentenced people to death for forgetting his...
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Josef Menčík: The Last Knight We'll Ever See.
“Today the real knights are no more… The last one died in 1945." Meet Josef Menčík. Not only well known for living in a castle without...
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Anita Berber: The 'Queen' of the Weimar Republic
Born on 10 June 1899 in Dresden Germany, Anita Berber shocked and entertained the cabaret and bourgeois crowds of the Weimar Republic...
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‘The Most Dangerous Man in Europe’: Who Was Otto Skorzeny?
One would think that of all the senior members of the Nazi regime, someone like Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, or Heinrich...
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Russia And The Reason Why They Take Guns To Space.
Russian cosmonauts were taking no chances in the early days of manned spaceflight. If something went wrong and they became stranded, they...
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The Rather Odd Life of Guccio Gucci, Founder of Gucci
The Early Life of Guccio Gucci Guccio Giovanbattista Giacinto Dario Maria Gucci was born on the 26th of March 1881 in Florence, Italy. He...
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The Christmas Dinner That Included Elephant Consommé, Roast Camel, And Kangaroo Stew.
Parisianes have long been known for their gastronomy. They invented the concept of the restaurant as we know it, and many of the dishes...
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The Bank Robbery That Gave Birth To Stockholm Syndrome.
On the morning of August 23, 1973, an escaped convict crossed the streets of Sweden’s capital city and entered a bustling bank, the...
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Insults From History That Are Beautifully Savage
These insults are from an era when we really knew how to throw some shade. 1. "He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr 2. "He has all...
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The Psychedelic Wonders Of Persian Architecture From 5 Cities In Iran
Medieval Iran has witnessed the emergence of some of the most beautiful wonders of Islamic art and architecture. These wonders mostly...
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The 'Touch And Go' Starting Steps Of Jane Eyre
August 15th, 1847 - Charlotte Brontë sent her manuscript of Jane Eyre to a publisher in London from the little railway station near her...
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Before Brutus' Betrayed Julius Caesar, Roman Republicans Sang His Praises As A Hero To Democracy
Marcus Junius Brutus was a renowned Roman politician and a brilliant orator. Born into an illustrious family of politicians, Brutus held...
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Herb Ritts And The Star That Shone So Brightly
Herb Ritts (1952-2002) began his career in the late 1970s, when photographers helped ignite the modern celebrity cult. The stars shone so...
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Five Stages Of Inebriation By Charles Percy Pickering
This photo series shows a model in a studio re-enacting the five stages of inebriation. The shoot, which coincided with the Drunkard...
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The 1940s ‘Bombshell’ Who Helped Invent Wifi
Hedy Lamarr, the star MGM called “the most beautiful woman in the world”, had two of the worst-kept secrets in Hollywood. One of them,...
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Realistic Psychopaths In Film: Psychiatrists Give Their Verdict On Who Was The Most Accurate.
In 2014, Belgian psychiatry professor Samuel Leistedt wanted to find out which movie characters best displayed psychopathic traits....
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No, Cleopatra Probably Didn't Die From A Snakebite
There are two widely held beliefs about Cleopatra, the legendary Queen of Egypt, who is said to have died on this day. First, that she...
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The Bizarre Tale Of Child Evangelist Turned Conman, Marjoe Gortner
If you’ve never had the chance to watch the fascinating 1972 Academy Award-winning documentary, Marjoe take a look at it below. Produced...
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The Bombing of Nagasaki, August 9, 1945
The Target Committee appointed by President Harry Truman to decide which Japanese cities would receive the Little Boy and Fat Man atomic...
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The Great Train Robbery, 1963
Late on Thursday 8 August 1963, a Travelling Post Office train left Glasgow for Euston. On board, staff sorted the mail and parcels prior...
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Meet The Forty Elephants, The All-Girl Gang From London
When we think of crime syndicates images of Italian mobsters and Japanese Yakuza members most often come to mind. But, throughout history...
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Rockwell Kent's Illustrations For Moby Dick
“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself...
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