Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth’s brother, saved the life of Robert Lincoln, on a train platform
In Ancient Rome, a slave would continuously whisper ‘Remember you are mortal’ in the ears of victorious generals as they were paraded through the streets after coming home, triumphant, from battle
In Ancient Athens, citizens could vote to banish any person from the city-state for 10 years
In Ancient Rome, suicide was allowed as a form of euthanasia
In medieval Europe, narwhal tusks were believed to be the horns from the legendary unicorn, and Vikings were probably selling them for tremendous amounts of gold
The escape of Nazi criminals to Argentina
Cortes: One of the greatest Conquests of Mesoamerica
The people, inventions, and events which fuelled the Industrial Revolution in America
IBM’s Deep Blue was the first supercomputer to defeat a reigning world chess champion
The Palace of Placentia, today the Royal Naval Museum, was the place where Henry VIII threw the first masquerade party ever seen in England
