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In 1780, America suffered one of its biggest betrayals. Benedict Arnold, one of its leading commanders in the Revolutionary War,…
Let’s imagine we are in the 14th century, you wake up one morning, step out of your wooden cottage, and…
On the night before Thanksgiving in 1971, a quiet man in a dark suit boarded a small passenger jet in…
In the 1840s, thousands of mothers watched their children die in their arms. The whole nation was helpless. These were…
History is full of betrayals! Julius Caesar had Brutus, who struck him down in the Roman Senate. Napoleon had generals…
In Adolf Hitler’s Germany, loyalty was stronger than brotherhood. The Führer demonstrated this on June 30, 1934. That day, he…
The snow is silent, but not still. It swirls slowly over a lonely mountain slope in the Ural Mountains, hiding…
In the summer of 1762, the Russian Empire changed hands without a single sword being drawn in battle. There were…
Amelia Earhart is still missing! Close to a century later, there’s still no trace of the legendary pilot and her…
Two high-profile murders altered the course of history in ancient China. It all began with a succession battle among the…