Was Queen Charlotte Britain’s First Black Royal?
One historian traced Queen Charlotte’s ancestry to a Moorish mistress through six different bloodlines. Wikimedia CommonsThe queen’s portrait by Allan Ramsay, who was a known...
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The True Story Of Saint Patrick, The Roman British Slave That Became The Symbol Of Irish Pride
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, wasn’t Irish, never banished the Emerald Island of snakes, and wasn’t even named Patrick. FlickrThe life of St....
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Who Was Buffalo Bill? The True Story Of The Man Who Created The ‘Wild West’
The “Wild West” that America fell in love with didn’t exist. It was invented by Buffalo Bill — who himself was a character invented by...
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Tourette’s, Masochism, And An Epic Dictionary: The Astounding Life Of English Writer Samuel Johnson
Wordsmith, wit, and secret masochist Samuel Johnson overcame a host of ailments and financial struggles to write his masterpiece, A Dictionary of the English Language....
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American Aviator Charles Lindbergh Was A God Among Men — Until He Revealed His Anti-Semitism
Just over a decade after he completed his historic flight across the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh spoke out against American intervention in World War II, which...
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Meet The Edelweiss Pirates: The Little-Known Teenaged Resistance Fighters Of Nazi Germany
In stark contrast to the Hitler Youth, the Pirates resisted Nazism in Germany in any way they could at a time when doing so was...
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Meet Timothy Leary: The 1960s Harvard Professor Who Became The ‘High Priest Of LSD’
Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary turned an entire generation onto LSD — and was deemed “the most dangerous man in America” by President Nixon....
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Geronimo: The Tragic True Story Of The Great Apache Warrior
Fending off both the U.S. and Mexican armies on the American frontier, Geronimo led the Bedonkohe band of the Apache Native Americans before being captured...
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Sam Giancana: Chicago Godfather, CIA Collaborator, And The Man Who May Have Put JFK In The White House
Mafia boss Sam Giancana aided a CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro, allegedly helped assassinate JFK, and may have been with Marilyn Monroe on her...
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Bumpy Johnson Was The Godfather Of Harlem For Decades — So Why Haven’t You Heard Of Him?
Once dubbed the most dangerous gangster in New York, Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Johnson was also a philanthropist and a poet. Records of the Bureau of...