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Would there be television, if it weren't for Milton Berle? It’s a legitimate question because, in its heyday, Berle’s Texaco Star Theater was so popular that it doubled the number of TVs in American homes....
Lorenzo de’ Medici surrendered himself to his enemies in a genius power move that no one saw coming.
Carmen Miranda was scorned by fans in her home country, Brazil. But after her tragic death, more than 500,000 people lined the streets of Rio to pay their respects.
In 897 AD, the Catholic Church exhumed the late Pope Formosus and put his dead body on trial.
When Mumtaz Mahal, the “Jewel of the Palace,” tragically died in childbirth, her husband built the Taj Mahal in her honor.
Margaret of Austria was one of the most inspiring women in history—but a simple shard of glass sparked the beginning of the end.
Queen Ranavalona is now called a bloodthirsty tyrant. But for modern historians, her bad reputation is only half of the story.
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