Incongruous Backgrounds of Famous Communists
Karl Marx was once a correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune, Ho Chih Min was an assistant pastry chef in Paris, and Josef Stalin studied to be a priest.
Historical Nonfiction: As a writer, W.T. Stead may have been too prescient.In 1886 he...
As a writer, W.T. Stead may have been too prescient.
In 1886 he published an article about the sinking of an ocean liner and the consequent loss of life, warning, “This is exactly what might take place and will take place if liners are sent to sea short of boats.”
Six years later he wrote a…
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Historical Nonfiction: Posthumous Revenge: Nice, But You're Still Dead
Sigurt Eysteinsson was the second Viking Earl of Orkney. He was a vicious and relentless Viking leader with many enemies. Late in his rule, he challenged one of his enemies — Máel Brigte the Bucktoothed — to a 40 man-per-side battle. Sigurt was not exactly sportsmanlike, and brought 80 men…
Presidential Trivia
As a child, Jimmy Carter shot his sister in the rear end with a BB gun after she threw a wrench at him.
