Tommy Dorsey was a bandleader with a scary reputation. He once almost threw a man off a balcony—just for hugging his wife.
From his infamous deal with the devil to his sudden, heartbreaking end, no one understood the blues like the one and only Robert Johnson.
Sam Houston led Texas to become a US state, but he couldn't stop it from seceding and joining the Confederacy.
Emmeline Pankhurst, the original suffragette, endured nightmares in prison to secure the right to vote—yet few people know her even darker history.
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