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Long before Bram Stoker romanticized vampires, the real-life inspiration was significantly more vile. Vlad III, the Prince of Wallachia, had a legendary…
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Carbohydrates have always had a rough PR team, but outlawing them over biological fears is extreme. When potatoes were first introduced to France from the New…
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Being the absolute king sounds great until you realize it means aggressively dealing with angry mobs. During the July Revolution of 1830, his father quickly…
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Talk about doing the absolute bare minimum to achieve historical immortality. Vermeer worked at such a hilariously glacial pace that he only managed to finish…
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Robert Dover founded the Cotswold Olimpick Games in England around 1612, featuring a wildly popular and deeply violent sport known as shin-kicking. Two men…
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George Washington didn't die from old age. Modern doctors believe he was killed by what terrifying medical practice?
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