How an American President Lost the Nuclear Launch Codes
Carelessness that could have ended in world-wide Armageddon.
The Twins Which Survived Doctor Mengele’s Experiments
There is life after Auschwitz
The 14-Year-Old African-American Who Was Tortured in an Electric Chair
The unfair trial of George Junius Stinney, Jr.
From The Altar To The Halter
Just tie a rope around your wife’s waist and head to the nearest market
6 Notable People Who Predicted Their Death With Accuracy
Abraham de Moivre predicted the day he would die using mathematics
A Princess In Uniform
Viktoria Luise sprinted through life at break-neck speed
The World’s First Pregnant Man
In 2008 Thomas Beatie became world-famous for being the first pregnant man in history, giving birth to a girl naturally
The True Story of Why People Think Cats Are Evil
2 popes and a plague are to blame for burning felines at the stake
Why is Great Britain the Centre of All Maps?
How a decision made more than 100 years ago still impacts us today.
The Woman Who Jumped off the Empire State Building and Survived
Freefall from the 86th floor and survived to tell the tale
The Halifax Incident: History’s Largest Non-Nuclear Explosion
How one late steamship caused the largest non-nuclear explosion in human history.
The Last Person to be Executed by Guillotine
8 years after humanity first set foot on the moon the guillotine would be used for the last time.
The Only Humans to Die in Space
The terrifying story of Soyuz 11 and its unfortunate fate.
The Man Who Held His Hand Raised for 45 Years
And still going
The Man Who Fell From Space
The story of the man who sacrificed himself to save Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet posterchild of the space race.
The Man Who Was Despised for Surviving the Titanic
A story about how a different culture can affect you
The World’s Most Isolated Civilization
A world where modern society is the enemy
The Crazy History of Studio 54 in the 1970s
The craziest club in the world where drugs, sex, and death were something regular
