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In the summer of 1553, the throne of England was forced upon a teenager. Her name? Lady Jane Grey. Naturally,…

This is the story of a queen who was so feared that centuries later, kids still whisper her name into…

Deep in the Bolivian Andes, hidden among the misty mountains, lies a road unlike any other. A road that will…

Imagine you lived in a world where your best friend could turn you in for saying the wrong thing, where…

Before the Holocaust even began, Adolf Hitler was officially yet secretly killing thousands of Germans. Yes, his own people. We…

In 1622, a group of Portuguese colonial officials planned to humiliate a female African diplomat. Her name was Queen Nzinga.…

In the brutal world of ancient Assyria, power was expected to manifest in a certain way. It looked like a…

When we think of popes, most people usually picture a wise old man in a white robe, blessing crowds in…

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…