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Queen Victoria survived at least seven separate assassination attempts during her reign, most of which were carried out by teenagers armed with incredibly…
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Cancel culture is rough today, but historically, disagreeing on a financial bill meant catching a lead ball to the chest. While Alexander Hamilton's death by…
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Future Russian Tsar Peter III was so mentally unstable and obsessed with military discipline during his time as a young prince that he famously organized a…
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Absolute power occasionally comes with absolute psychological breaks. Queen Maria I of Portugal suffered a total mental collapse driven by extreme religious…
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What mundane detail is statistically the most common reason elite serial killers finally get arrested by police?
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Peter the Great formed the "All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters," a mandatory club for his elite. Attendance was compulsory, sobriety was…
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