Figures come and figures go and only the very best have a habit of sticking around in the popular memory. Many of our most treasured fictional characters have v...
As one of the most decorated soldiers in WWII, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Louis Urban is the sort of guy they make movies about, but the story almost had a sad end...
We all have our own picture of what paradise might look like. While most of us can only imagine living in the place of our dreams, others have realized all of t...
Of the train heists committed by the Wilkerson boys, known as the Reno Gang or the Jackson Thieves, their first was also America’s first.
Prior to the Reno G...
Dorothea Lynde Dix spent much of her career as an educator and social reformer to working with the mentally ill and creating some of the first mental asylums in...
Strange figures have a habit of hanging around in history. Whether they’re remembered for their achievements, their creations or just their interesting habits, ...
Think history is just a boring list of names and dates? Think again. There's hundreds of amusing stories that they don't tell you in history class. Some of thos...
It’s not that bank robbers are always caught, but their chances of getting away with it are not great. According to the FBI, in 2015 about 24% of US bank robber...
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Just over 36 years ago, the cult classic film Caddyshack was released to the public and won audiences over nationwide with its brash-b...
Inimitable and instantly recognizable, Barbie is a figure that huge swathes of the population have grown up with. While her image might have changed according t...
