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21 Fascinating Facts About Joan Of Arc, Misunderstood Hero And Modern-Day Icon

From her actual name to the full details of her grisly end, these are the Joan of Arc facts that most people don't know.

By Krissy Howard • Sep 17, 2017

21 Fascinating Facts About Joan Of Arc, Misunderstood Hero And Modern-Day Icon

From her actual name to the full details of her grisly end, these are the Joan of Arc facts that most people don't know.

By Krissy Howard • September 17, 2017

20 Celebration Photos Taken Just As World War I And World War II Came To An End

Imagine your whole life collapsing because your country has gone to war. Then imagine that war eventually ending and your life finally returning to normal. You open the newspapers and see headlines that scream: “VICTORY” and “PEACE.” A shiver goes down your spine, and you realize that the nightmare you...

By Laura Martisiute • Sep 15, 2017

20 Celebration Photos Taken Just As World War I And World War II Came To An End

Imagine your whole life collapsing because your country has gone to war. Then imagine that war eventually ending and your life finally returning to normal. You open the newspapers and see headlines that scream: “VICTORY” and “PEACE.” A shiver goes down your spine, and you realize that the nightmare you...

By Laura Martisiute • September 15, 2017

Just How Sadistic Was The Marquis De Sade, Really?

Marquis de Sade is known as the father of written eroticism. What many don't know is that the nobleman's life was more sadistic than his work.

By Bernadette Deron • Sep 15, 2017

Just How Sadistic Was The Marquis De Sade, Really?

Marquis de Sade is known as the father of written eroticism. What many don't know is that the nobleman's life was more sadistic than his work.

By Bernadette Deron • September 15, 2017

The Banana Wars: How The U.S. Plundered Central America On Behalf Of Corporations

During the Banana Wars of the early 20th century, the U.S. military toppled regimes and massacred thousands to keep U.S. business booming.

By Mark Oliver • Sep 14, 2017

The Banana Wars: How The U.S. Plundered Central America On Behalf Of Corporations

During the Banana Wars of the early 20th century, the U.S. military toppled regimes and massacred thousands to keep U.S. business booming.

By Mark Oliver • September 14, 2017

Rare Photos Of The Unified Korea Before It Was Torn In Two

There was a time when Korea was a free and united nation. Long before North Korea rose and the Korean War tore a nation apart, the people of north and south lived together in peace. However, this free, united Korean Empire only existed for a short time. For a brief...

By Mark Oliver • Sep 13, 2017

Rare Photos Of The Unified Korea Before It Was Torn In Two

There was a time when Korea was a free and united nation. Long before North Korea rose and the Korean War tore a nation apart, the people of north and south lived together in peace. However, this free, united Korean Empire only existed for a short time. For a brief...

By Mark Oliver • September 13, 2017

American Anarchy: Intense Photos Of The Early 1900s Reign Of Radicalism In The U.S.

Since the Civil War, no other period in the history of American politics may have been quite so violently divisive.

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 12, 2017

American Anarchy: Intense Photos Of The Early 1900s Reign Of Radicalism In The U.S.

Since the Civil War, no other period in the history of American politics may have been quite so violently divisive.

By Gabe Paoletti • September 12, 2017

“One Brief Shining Moment”: The Kennedy Romance In Photos

They met over asparagus at a dinner party in 1952: future commander-in-chief John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, a 35-year-old congressman from Boston, asked Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier, a 23-year-old photographer from Newport, out on a date while leaning across the table, ostensibly in search of the vegetable. She thought he was “charming...

By Kellen Perry • Sep 11, 2017

“One Brief Shining Moment”: The Kennedy Romance In Photos

They met over asparagus at a dinner party in 1952: future commander-in-chief John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, a 35-year-old congressman from Boston, asked Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier, a 23-year-old photographer from Newport, out on a date while leaning across the table, ostensibly in search of the vegetable. She thought he was “charming...

By Kellen Perry • September 11, 2017

25 Vintage Murder Scenes From Old New York

Weegee's striking crime scene photos that captured "the details and drama, the humor and the horror, along the city’s streets."

By Kellen Perry • Sep 10, 2017

25 Vintage Murder Scenes From Old New York

Weegee's striking crime scene photos that captured "the details and drama, the humor and the horror, along the city’s streets."

By Kellen Perry • September 10, 2017

A City On The Brink: 1960s New York In 55 Dramatic Photos

From the Mad Men of the ad world to the riots in Harlem to the artists of Greenwich Village, this was New York in the 1960s.

By Mark Oliver • Sep 9, 2017

A City On The Brink: 1960s New York In 55 Dramatic Photos

From the Mad Men of the ad world to the riots in Harlem to the artists of Greenwich Village, this was New York in the 1960s.

By Mark Oliver • September 9, 2017

26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City

When America's biggest city was mostly farmland.

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 8, 2017

26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City

When America's biggest city was mostly farmland.

By Gabe Paoletti • September 8, 2017