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Peter Fonda may have saved Hollywood with the groundbreaking Easy Rider, but his life behind the scenes was tinged with tragedy.

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New evidence reveals that a monk in medieval England figured out the 76-year cycle of Halley's comet 600 years before Halley made his discovery.

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Flanked by controversial monarchs, King James is seen as the forgotten king—but there were dark secrets behind his reign.

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William the Conqueror earned his nickname at the Battle of Hastings—so it’s fitting that when his end game, it was utterly gruesome.

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Louis XIV is the longest-ruling monarch in history—and every moment of his 72-year reign was filled with scandal, terror, court intrigue, and tragedy.

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When “Diff’rent Strokes” actor Dana Plato took her own life at the age of 34, fans tried to process her tragic unraveling.


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