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How Oliver Cromwell Got Executed Several Years After His Death
Today, Oliver Cromwell is known as one of the most famous figures in English history -- he was a Puritan with no military experience when the Civil W…
6 years, 11 months ago
Hong Xiuquan: The Younger Brother of Jesus Christ Who Led a Bloody Rebellion in China
When the schoolteacher who would come to be called Hong Xiuquan first heard of the Christian religion, he wasn't particularly bowled over. However, w…
6 years, 11 months ago
How Big Bill Speakman Fought Off North Korea With Beer Bottles
Bill Speakman, better known as the “Beer Bottle VC”, single-handedly took on a brigade of Chinese People’s Army Infantry in four hours of close-quart…
6 years, 11 months ago
Teddy Roosevelt May Just Have Saved Modern (American) Football
In recent years the public has become increasingly aware of the long-term dangers posed by sports injuries -- but at the turn of the 20th century thi…
7 years ago
Prohibition, Prescriptions and the Rise of 'Medicinal' Booze
From 1920 to 1933, the United States was, technically speaking, a dry country. The National Prohibition Act made the manufacture, transport and sale …
7 years ago
Did Robert E. Lee hate Confederate Memorials?
From 1861 to 1865, the United States of America was a country divided. More than a century later, it remains America's bloodiest war. After the cessa…
7 years ago
California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War
In 1918, as the planet was consumed by World War I, the government of California found itself combating an unexpected and catastrophic enemy: Ground …
7 years ago
When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid
Were it not for the coal mine, the town of Vulcan, West Virginia may well have never existed. As a rural and geographically isolated community, Vulca…
7 years ago
Idiomatic for the People II, Part 2
Language is beautiful and, in many cases, continually evolving. As a result, we end up with hundreds of strange idioms and figures of speech that we …
7 years ago
Idiomatic for the People II, Part 1
Language is beautiful and, in many cases, continually evolving. As a result, we end up with hundreds of strange idioms and figures of speech that we …
7 years ago