If you own a dog you're probably putting in the work trying to figure out which breed of pup is the most easily manipulatable, so as to train your new hellhound to carry out your orders. Or, at the very least, you'd like one that house trains easily. This is the most obedient dog breed in the world.
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As the (super inaccurate) William Wallace of 1995's Braveheart put it, "They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom." It's a battle cry for the ages, only slightly hamstrung by the fact that, in real life, they did take his freedom, and, a few weeks later, his life. It was rough.
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We have it on good authority that Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her father forty whacks. According to our sources, when she saw what she had done, she hacked up her mom pretty good as well. But what about her sister?
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Why is a blood affliction associated with the British monarchy? If anything was going to be called "the royal disease," shouldn't it have been crippling shopoholism or narcissistic personality disorder? Turns out, we can blame Queen Victoria.
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Some people don't eat in protest, and others just don't have food to eat. But just how long can a body endure without food?
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Since before the days of Nostradamus, people tried to predict the ways of our successors. Sometimes, we were startlingly accurate. Other times? Not so much.
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Presidents and vice presidents have been involved in hilarious blunders throughout American history.
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For the majority of us, death is a sad event that ushers in months of mourning. Others, however, take a more lighthearted approach to the inevitable.
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When Henry VII croaked, England got itself a new king on the quick, Henry's only son, Edward. And at nine years old, he was old enough to read chapter books.
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Charles Dickens. The man's very name gave us an adjective for a situation that basically sucks: Dickensian this, Dickensian that. Nobody wants an Airbnb described in the brochures as "Dickensian." Well, almost nobody. We don't judge. But how was Dickens' financial situation? How much was he worth?
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During the construction of a motorway in the Czech Republic, archaeologists were thrilled to discover a wooden water well now believed to have been constructed around 5255 BC. What the archaeologists were doing at the construction site is unclear...
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In 1534, King Henry VIII did what every Catholic school kid has imagined doing while being ostracized by a nun for chewing gum during mass: he started his own church where nobody was allowed to tell him what to do. Here's why he created the Church of England.
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Some dark and disturbing stuff happened during the Texas Revolution, events that are less "remember the Alamo!" and more "what the heck, Texas?"
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Lizzie Borden. Not Elizabeth. Her story is one of the better mostly-unsolved murders in American history. Here's the truth about the house where the Borden murders took place.
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When the Kansas City Chiefs were proclaimed the victors of the 2020 Super Bowl, President Trump made a rather embarrassing blunder on Twitter: he congratulated the wrong state, crediting the victory to the "Great state of Kansas." Oops. Here's the real reason why Kansas City is in Missouri.
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Arguably one of America's most famous and revered novelists, Twain didn't start out with a yen for a pen. Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River, what he wanted more than anything was to become a riverboat captain. Here's how much he was worth when he died.
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Dinosaurs were some seriously big mofos. There were also an array of smaller ones, and no, that doesn't just include cute little newborns like the baby T-rex, and those famously small compsognathus critters you remember from Jurassic Park. Here's the truth about the smallest dino in the world.
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Victoria's reign was marked by a period of great economic progress in England, as well as advances in learning and technology. There was still grinding poverty, but it was a start. She made it into the 20th century, however briefly, before her death. Here's what killed her.
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Shakespeare was a poet as well as a storyteller, and when he didn't find a word that suited, he felt well within his capacity to invent one from whole cloth. As a result, he is credited with coining some of the most common words and turns-of-phrase still in use today.
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Everyone knows the pyramids of Egypt are old, but it can be hard to conceptualize just how long ago these ancient wonders were constructed. They're so old that the Egyptians had a different North Star. Here is its story.
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Today, a genuine Rolex sells for a near-sacrilegious amount of money. So much money that, at a certain point, there's no real reason to list actual prices. Why are Rolex watches so expensive?
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William Shakespeare: author, theater nerd, and exception that makes the rule "just shave your head if you're going bald." Here's the truth about his death. We think.
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Born at Westminster Palace in 1489, Margaret Tudor didn't need a silver spoon in her mouth because, according to biographer Sarah-Beth Watkins, the infant princess was baptized in a silver font "lined with fine linen cloth of Rennes." Here's the truth about King Henry's sister.
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We all know Henry VIII, the iron-fisted monarch who mastered the art of multiple wives. But what, you may well ask, about his sister Mary Tudor?
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About 30 miles outside of Columbia, South Carolina, there exists a place where, at long last, man and pig may live in harmony. That's because the Cotton Branch Farm Sanctuary is seeking 'piggy cuddlers' to socialize its rescued swine.
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Let's be honest: there are a million perfectly reasonable reasons for putting your little sister to death. Here's why Cleopatra decided to execute hers.
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Wealthy businessmen have been known to run for President, and as a cursory glance at your news feed will no doubt tell you, they have been even known to succeed. So why won't Bill Gates, one of the wealthiest ever, run for president?
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