So notorious that its name is synonymous with madness, the history of Bethlem Royal Hospital, or Bedlam, is filled with some of humanity's darkest moments.
The famed Marvel character Venom is getting his solo time on the big screen. Here are 24 facts about the iconic villain Venom.
Anne Baxter told director Cecil B. DeMille that she wanted to wear a fake nose in “The Ten Commandments.” His reply was absolutely legendary.
Francis I of France is inevitably compared to Henry VIII. Both kings had big personalities, big love affairs, and big scandals that rocked the face of Europe. But there’s a lot more to Francis than just the similarities to the Tudor counterpart. From his unlikely ascension to the throne to his brutal defeats and torturous later years, Francis did not languish in his neighbor's shadow.
Every sport has THAT team. For hockey, that team is the Toronto Maple Leafs. And they suck—because of their cartoon supervillain owner, Harold Ballard.
From mercury and arsenic tonics to heroin cough syrup, radioactive water, and lobotomies, discover popular historical medicines and treatments that often caused more harm than the illnesses they were supposed to cure.
Kate Chase tied her political dreams to her powerful father, only to watch his defeats trigger a dramatic fall from Washington society.
Humanity has spent thousands of years pushing past limits that once seemed impossible. But there is a theoretical point on the civilization scale that, if humans ever reached it, well...the consequences would go far beyond better technology.
The history of Mexico City stretches back almost two centuries before the Spanish ever set foot in the Americas. Rather, the Spanish built their capital on top of the ashes of one of the most beautiful and unique cities in history: Tenochtitlan.
When people realized that Olivia Munn was dating John Mulaney, they jumped to conclusions—but her story is a lot more complicated than people know.
A gentleman to some and a menace to others, John Dillinger put America in a frenzy with a spree that led to the formation of the FBI itself—until his luck ran out.
In 2017, Joan Baez took to Facebook to share a brand new song titled, “Nasty Man”—and she wrote it from heartbreak.
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