People

Our ancestors were more badass than we assume

Nancy Wake evaded any chance of capture by The Gestapo. The Gestapo called her The White Mouse.

Sentenced to 15 years of prison at the age of 92

The story of Charles Ponzi

Her reason for murder was just as bad as the murders themselves

Regarded as one of the worst tyrants in Chinese history. He murdered his father to take the throne. During his reign, he forced millions of peasants to work on his grand projects (the Grand Canal and the rebuilding of the Great Wall). Six million workers...

Romans had their own LSD. Women knew the morning-after pill. Marcus Aurelius was an opium addict.

A lovable sitcom actor hid a scandalous secret, which might have ended his life.

Nellie Bly isn’t a common name often heard in our history books, but maybe she should be

Meet The "Wickedest Man In The World" Who Horrified 20th-Century Britain. He lived by a simple principle his entire life - "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law"

Both men and women paid up to $300 to “feel and finger” his muscles.

How two men solidified their place in history by tricking a crowd full of geniuses.

Genetic links hint at early migration from North America

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Marilyn vos Savant has the highest IQ ever recorded. But many have tried to challenge that title.