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Orson Welles changed the history of film with his magnum opus, the iconic Citizen Kane—but his genius came with a heavy cost.

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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, tore through the royal court saying and doing whatever he pleased, no matter how obscene.

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Some of history's greatest people have been omitted from a lot of the textbooks.

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Virginia Hall and her daring spy ring were crucial to the Allied victory—but their accomplishments came at a brutally high cost.

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Gore Vidal ripped into American culture as if it were a hobby. He collected enemies like jewels on a bracelet. And then there was his largest collection: hot Italian men.

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Roxelana fought with every fiber in her being to rise from lowly consort to the power behind the throne of Suleiman the Magnificent.


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