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Jean Laffite: Last of the Caribbean Pirates #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Jean Laffite: Last of the Caribbean Pirates #sponsored

17 Sep 2025

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Khorloogiin Choibalsan: The Stalin of the Mongolian Steppes #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:30:00 -0000

Khorloogiin Choibalsan: The Stalin of the Mongolian Steppes #sponsored

29 Sep 2025

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Christopher Reeve: From Superman to Tragedy

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Christopher Reeve: From Superman to Tragedy

30 Sep 2025

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Harold Ramis: From Ghostbusters to Obscurity? #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:30:00 -0000

Harold Ramis: From Ghostbusters to Obscurity? #sponsored

22 Oct 2025

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Humphrey Bogart: The Greatest Icon of Classic Hollywood #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Humphrey Bogart: The Greatest Icon of Classic Hollywood #sponsored

31 Oct 2025

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Kamehameha: The Warrior King Who United Hawaii

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:30:00 -0000

Kamehameha: The Warrior King Who United Hawaii

8 Nov 2025

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John Belushi: From Second City and Saturday Night Live to Tragedy #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0000

John Belushi: From Second City and Saturday Night Live to Tragedy #sponsored

26 Nov 2025

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John C.H. Lee: The Forgotten Mastermind of World War II

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0000

John C.H. Lee: The Forgotten Mastermind of World War II

23 Mar 2024

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The history of the United States Army presents no shortage of what may be called “colorful” characters adorning its ranks and accomplishments. During the American Revolutionary War there was the rambunctious Ethan Allen, loud, profane, and self-serving. The American Civil War produced George Armstrong Custer, one of the earliest examples of an Army commander retaining a press correspondent on his personal staff. World War I produced MacArthur, as well as the equally flamboyant George Patton, both of whom used lessons learned in that conflict to further their fame during World War II. These officers, and many others of a similar bent, shared a personal notoriety and military success. Another, a contemporary of MacArthur, Patton, Dwight Eisenhower, and the other military leaders of the Second World War, was John Clifford Hodges Lee, whose contribution to the Allied victory was substantial, but whose efforts are largely forgotten. Lee had the often thankless task of ensuring troops were fed, clothed, armed, and supported by medical and staff personnel, rather than leading them in battle. It was his responsibility to have trained replacements ready to step forward when needed, fuel available to support offensives, bullets for rifles, shells for tanks, and mail delivered to the men at the front. Engineers to support combat operations and build necessary roads, storage sites, fuel dumps, airfields, and other military infrastructure were also under his bailiwick. In accomplishing his task, he developed the reputation of being a self-absorbed martinet. Among the troops, including the senior officers deployed in Europe, his initials – JCH – were said to stand for “Jesus Christ Himself”. In Citizen Soldiers, the noted historian Stephen Ambrose described him as “The biggest jerk in ETO [European Theater of Operations]”, who had “…an exalted opinion of himself”. Yet without his successful execution of his duties, the Allied drive across Europe would have been immeasurably more difficult. He is an interesting, complicated, and sometimes comic figure, who alienated his superiors as well as the men under his immediate command. Yet he got the job done, according to Eisenhower, who said of him, “…I thought it was possible that his unyielding methods might be vital to success in an activity where an iron hand is always mandatory”. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://archive.org/details/citizensoldiers000ambr/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.westpoint.edu/about/history-of-west-point/notable-graduates https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/great-mississippi-river-flood-1927 https://history.army.mil/html/books/007/7-2-1/CMH_Pub_7-2-1.pdf https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20221108-allies-successful-first-invasion-but-a-botched-job-operation-torch-80-years-on https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196933/lt-gen-frank-m-andrews/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180126045735/http:/www.transchool.lee.army.mil:80/museum/transportation%20museum/redballintro.htm https://brothersandrew.net/

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Bob Saget: America's Greatest and Most Controversial TV Dad and Stand Up Comedian #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0000

Bob Saget: America's Greatest and Most Controversial TV Dad and Stand Up Comedian #sponsored

30 Nov 2025

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Pope Leo X: The Most Extravagant Pope in History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:30:00 -0000

Pope Leo X: The Most Extravagant Pope in History

18 Jun 2024

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#biography #history #pope Check out CyberGhost VPN at https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/Biographics and you will get 84% off CyberGhost VPN. That's $2.03/month and 4 months free! It's risk-free with their 45-day money-back guarantee. Thanks to CyberGhostVPN for sponsoring the video! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Free Scifi-Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Link Tree to other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Herbert M. Vaughan - The Medici Popes Robin S. Doak - Pope Leo X: Opponent of the Reformation https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/murder-vatican https://theconversation.com/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499 https://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/char_leo.html https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09162a.htm

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Jimmy Hoffa: What Happened to America’s Most Infamous Union Boss?

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0000

Jimmy Hoffa: What Happened to America’s Most Infamous Union Boss?

14 Dec 2025

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Didius Julianus: The Man Who Bought the Roman Empire

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0000

Didius Julianus: The Man Who Bought the Roman Empire

17 Jul 2024

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How Howdy Doody Changed Children's TV Forever #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0000

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24 Dec 2025

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Norm MacDonald: The Comedian On The Outside #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:30:00 -0000

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31 Dec 2025

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Winfield Scott Hancock: The Union Army's Most Superb General? #sponsored

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:30:00 -0000

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17 Jan 2026

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John C Fremont: The Pathfinder

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:30:00 -0000

John C Fremont: The Pathfinder

25 Apr 2024

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John Charles Frémont was an explorer, topologist, botanist, soldier, politician, railroad tycoon, gold miner, abolitionist, and one of the most controversial entities in the opening of the American West. He achieved fame and infamy, wealth and destitution, military command and court-martial. His life was as up and down, challenging and exhilarating, as the trails he blazed across the continent. He was born under the surname Frémon [pronounced FrayMON’], the illegitimate son of a French-Canadian schoolteacher named Charles Frémon and Anne Whiting, the married woman he had been hired to teach French. Anne was married to John Pryor, a Richmond tobacco merchant of considerable wealth. However, Pryor was in his 60s, and his young wife was but 17 years of age, so the dashing French-Canadian soon swept her off her feet. When Pryor learned his young wife was having an affair with her tutor, he enlisted the Virginia authorities to have Frémon arrested. Frémon and Anne fled to Savannah, Georgia, where she gave birth to a son on January 21, 1813. The infant was given the name John Charles Frémont, retaining the French aigu [Egg-oow] over the letter e in his last name, indicating it was pronounced with the sound “-ay”. Though texts still record his last name with the aigu, it is almost uniformly pronounced with the sound of “ee”, as in “free” or “tree”. Eventually Frémon made his way back to Norfolk, Virginia, where he died in 1818 after failing to obtain a writ of divorce from the Virginia Assembly. His widow and children found themselves with little income. They moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where young John, well aware of the circumstances of his birth grew to be a rebellious, proud youth, unencumbered by friends and somewhat contemptuous of rules and societal norms. A Charleston lawyer named John Mitchell took an interest in Anne, and thus in her son John, and helped provide his early education. In 1829, young John entered the College of Charleston, though indifferent attendance led to his withdrawal in 1831. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Link Tree to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-C-Fremont https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000398 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jessie-Ann-Benton-Fremont https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=22 https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/John_C._Fremont https://americanexperience.si.edu/historical-eras/expansion/pair-westward-apotheosis/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Bear-Flag-Revolt https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-california/ https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-31 https://archive.org/details/fremontpathmarke0002nevi/page/n7/mode/2up https://home.treasury.gov/about/history/freedmans-bank-building/financial-panic-of-1873#:~:text=The%20Panic%20of%201873&text=One%20of%20the%20worst%20happened,in%20American%20projects%2C%20particularly%20railroads.

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John Wayne: America’s Favorite Cowboy

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:30:00 -0000

John Wayne: America’s Favorite Cowboy

22 Jan 2026

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The 20th century gave birth to a new kind of celebrity: the movie star. Motion pictures had the portability of books combined with the visual spectacle of artwork and the performance acumen of theatre productions, making the stars of this new medium the first celebrities with a truly global impact. And for a long period of time, no movie star had a bigger impact than John Wayne. For over thirty years, John Wayne was one of Hollywood’s highest grossing actors. He specialized in Westerns: playing a cowboy so well he practically came to define the genre. But his cultural impact went beyond the silver screen: for many people, John Wayne was the physical embodiment of America itself. The traits he portrayed in his films: rugged individualism, self-reliance, toughness, cool thinking under pressure, were all seen as essential to the American spirit, the American character. When Nikita Khrushchev came to visit the United States, he wanted to do two things: visit Disneyland, and meet John Wayne. What many people didn’t know, however, was that many of the things that made John Wayne, well, John Wayne, weren’t natural: they were the result of a carefully orchestrated public relations strategy, initially done by the movie studios he worked for, and then largely propagated by Wayne himself. John Wayne wasn’t a person: he was a persona, invented and shaped by the man who played him. He was exceptionally image conscious: he would only play roles that he felt “John Wayne” would be suited for, and would be very particular about scripts and camera work to make sure he was portrayed in a way that matched his audience’s perception of him. The result was an almost cult-like following among his fans, who even decades after his death continue to make him one of Hollywood’s most popular actors. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Additional Reading: John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman, Simon and Schuster 2014

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Patrick Henry Cronin: Murder, Betrayal, and Secret Societies #sponsored #fyp

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:30:00 -0000

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26 Feb 2026

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THE PRAETORIAN GUARD: The BODYGUARDS Who Shaped the Course of ROMAN HISTORY

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:30:00 -0000

THE PRAETORIAN GUARD: The BODYGUARDS Who Shaped the Course of ROMAN HISTORY

9 Aug 2024

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Ronald Hunkeler: The Boy Who Inspired The Exorcist.

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:30:00 -0000

Ronald Hunkeler: The Boy Who Inspired The Exorcist.

25 May 2024

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On May 10, 2020, a former NASA engineer named Ronald Hunkeler died from a stroke a month before his 86th birthday. After his passing, he was mainly remembered for his contributions to space explorations, including work on the Apollo space missions and even a patent on a technology that helped panels withstand extreme heat. Then, about a year later, a magazine exposé revealed the bizarre, sinister, and unique experience that Hunkeler endured when he was a boy, one which he kept private during his adult life. In his youth, Hunkeler was better known under the pseudonym Roland Doe, a 14-year-old boy who was believed to be possessed by the devil and underwent several exorcisms. His case, although it did not make any major national waves, still got mentioned in a few newspapers, including one small piece in the Washington Post which was seen by a student attending Georgetown University by the name of William Peter Blatty. For whatever reason, the story stuck with Blatty, and, two decades later, it inspired him to write a horror novel which then got turned into a movie that changed cinema forever - The Exorcist. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free Scifi-Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to Other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Thomas B. Allen - Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/the-exorcist-boy-named-magazine https://nationalpost.com/news/world/inspiration-for-the-movie-the-exorcist-has-been-identified-as-former-nasa-engineer https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/demoniac-who-is-roland-doe-the-boy-who-inspired-the-exorcist/ http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage1.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/features/dcmovies/exorcism1949.htm https://www.slu.edu/news/legends-and-lore/st-louis-exorcism.php/index.php

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Harold Shipman: The Deadly Doctor

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Harold Shipman: The Deadly Doctor

13 Aug 2024

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Doctors are among the most trusted members of our society. There’s a good reason for this: we entrust them with our most valuable commodity, our health. People share things with their doctors that they keep secret from everyone else, even their closest loved ones. When we are sick or injured, we trust doctors to call upon their vast knowledge of the human body to make us feel better, and in many cases, to keep us alive. This, however, is a story of a doctor who did the exact opposite of what he was supposed to. Harold Shipman took advantage of the tremendous power he held over his patients in order to victimize them. He murdered hundreds of them in a grisly career that spanned over two decades, for no apparent reason other than because he could. For a long time, he was able to get away with it, using the exalted position his profession held in society to assure grieving relatives that their loved one had died a natural death in order to conceal his guilt. #truecrimestories #serialkillerdocumentary #haroldshipman What made Shipman so much more insidious than other serial killers was that he wasn’t killing strangers. He was beloved by his patients; his victims welcomed him into their homes and willingly rolled up their sleeves to receive the injection that would end their lives. He preyed on some of the most vulnerable members of society: elderly women who lived alone. Only after he was caught did people realize the enormity of what he had done: his body count marks him as the world’s most prolific serial murderer. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Prescription for Murder by Brian Whittle and Jean Ritchie, Warner Books 2000

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Project Gemini: Learning to Fly in Space

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:30:00 -0000

Project Gemini: Learning to Fly in Space

24 Aug 2024

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#science #nasa #apollo Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.nasa.gov/project-mercury/ https://www.nasa.gov/people/wernher-von-braun/ https://cahf.ca/james-arthur-chamberlin/ https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/leonard-f-mason-dd-852.html https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-eugene-a-cernan/ https://www.generalmills.com/news/stories/space-food-sticks-went-to-the-moon-too https://www.tvobscurities.com/2016/11/tv-guide-close-up-gemini-4-space-flight-guide/ https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-the-apollo-1-fire-and-its-aftermath/ https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/sputnik-memo https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-was-project-mercury-grades-5-8/#:~:text=The%20project%20was%20named%20Mercury,was%20the%20seventh%20one%20made. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/even-astronauts-have-accidents-5375/#:~:text=In%201961%2C%20Alan%20Shepard's%20flight,So%20he%20did. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/even-astronauts-have-accidents-5375/#:~:text=In%201961%2C%20Alan%20Shepard's%20flight,So%20he%20did. https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/spaceflight/life-in-orbit/alan-shepard-pee-pants/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccJh3ynr3ZY https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/avro-arrow#:~:text=Though%20the%20Arrow%20was%20widely,25%2C000%20direct%20and%20indirect%20jobs. https://bullockmuseum.medium.com/gemini-9-and-nasas-second-spacewalk-101325a2996d https://www.thewrap.com/eugene-cernan-astronaut-who-carved-daughters-name-on-the-moon-dead-at-82/ Sponsor

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Gaius Appulius Diocles: The Richest Athlete of All Time?

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Gaius Appulius Diocles: The Richest Athlete of All Time?

27 Aug 2024

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#romanempire #rome #biography Check out CyberGhost VPN at https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/Biographics and you will get 84% off CyberGhost VPN. That's $2.03/month and 4 months free! It's risk-free with their 45-day money-back guarantee. Thanks to CyberGhostVPN for sponsoring the video! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.sportico.com/feature/highest-paid-athletes-all-time-1234711562/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38957186 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Romulus*.html#14 https://archive.org/details/porphyriuschario0000came/page/244/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/howtowinromancha0000hood/page/6/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=gaius https://archive.org/details/porphyriuschario0000came/page/244/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/porphyriuschario0000came/page/244/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/howtowinromancha0000hood/page/4/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=gaius https://www.vaticancitytours.it/blog/who-were-the-vestal-virgins/#:~:text=Unlike%20other%20women%20in%20society,free%20condemned%20prisoners%20or%20slaves. https://vroma.org/vromans/bmcmanus/charioteer.html https://archive.org/details/howtowinromancha0000hood/page/6/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=gaius https://archive.org/details/howtowinromancha0000hood/page/6/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=gaius https://web.archive.org/web/20210118103712/https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/greatest-all-time https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/chapter/famous-charioteers/ https://archive.org/details/lifedeathenterta0000unse/page/206/mode/2up?view=theater&q=diocles Jane Hood - How to Win a Roman Chariot Race D.S. Potter and D.J. Mattingly - Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire Alan Cameron - Porphyrius the Charioteer https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38957186 https://web.archive.org/web/20210118103712/https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/greatest-all-time https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/chapter/famous-charioteers/ https://vroma.org/vromans/bmcmanus/charioteer.html Sponsor

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Athelstan: The First King of England

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:30:00 -0000

Athelstan: The First King of England

3 Sep 2024

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#biography #england #history In the past, we have already looked at the life of Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex who repelled the Viking invasion and proclaimed himself the King of the Anglo-Saxons. Afterward, we studied the tale of his son and heir, Edward the Elder, who continued his father’s Viking-bashing ways, further fortified his position, and even added new territories to his kingdom. So if you want to get the picture in full, maybe watch those two videos first if you haven’t already seen them. The goal both Alfred and Edward had in mind was obvious - to unite England under their rule. But although both men were instrumental in laying the foundations to accomplish this, neither one lived long enough to see their ambition fulfilled. Instead, that honor went to Edward’s son and the final subject in our little trilogy, Athelstan, the first King of England. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.salonprivemag.com/aethelstan-the-first-king-of-england/ https://www.salonprivemag.com/aethelstan-the-first-king-of-england/ https://historycooperative.org/king-athelstan/ https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1151 https://historycooperative.org/king-athelstan/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Athelstan/ https://books.google.ro/books?id=wNZEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=athelstan&f=false https://historycooperative.org/king-athelstan/ https://www.dib.ie/biography/sitriuc-caech-sigtryggr-a8074 https://www.bl.uk/anglo-saxons/articles/how-was-the-kingdom-of-england-formed https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/657/pg657.html https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan/ https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/657/pg657.html https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan/ https://historycooperative.org/king-athelstan/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan/ https://www.bl.uk/people/aethelstan https://archive.org/details/wessexenglandfro0000dumv/page/170/mode/2up?view=theater https://thevikingherald.com/article/who-was-olaf-guthfrithson-the-viking-warlord-who-became-king-of-dublin/547 https://historycooperative.org/king-athelstan/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/battle-of-brunanburh/ https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1151 https://www.bl.uk/anglo-saxons/articles/how-was-the-kingdom-of-england-formed https://thevikingherald.com/article/who-was-olaf-guthfrithson-the-viking-warlord-who-became-king-of-dublin/547 https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan/ More Further Reading The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle David Dumville - Wessex and England William of Malmesbury - The History of the Kings of England British Library History Extra History Cooperative

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Abraham Lincoln: The Forgotten Man

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 -0000

Abraham Lincoln: The Forgotten Man

26 Mar 2024

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"Sergeant Stubby: The Most Decorated Dog of WWI

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:00:00 -0000

"Sergeant Stubby: The Most Decorated Dog of WWI

28 Mar 2024

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From 1914 to 1918, tens of millions of young men suffered the horrors of the Great War: the trenches, the maddening din of artillery, the hail of machine guns, and the deadly fog released by gas attacks. Almost 10 million of them never returned home. But even when trudging through the mud, the mist, and the misery, millions of men could count on an army of brave and loyal companions: some 16 million animals who served on both sides of the conflict. Horses, pigeons, and dogs were conscripted to transport supplies, serve as messengers, stand guard, or even provide first aid. Dogs proved rather versatile, as they hauled weapons and supplies, carried messages, killed vermin in the trenches, detected enemy scouts, and stood guard. As many as 10,000 canine friends were trained to find wounded soldiers in no man's land. They became known as “mercy dogs”; clad in a Red Cross vest, they carried a first aid kit, water, and liquor to comfort wounded troops. In today’s Biographics, we are proud to bring you the story of a small mongrel who could, and did, perform all of those duties. More astoundingly, our friend was not conscripted. In fact, one may argue that he volunteered. This is the story of “Sergeant” Stubby, the most decorated dog of World War I. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood MAIN SOURCE: ‘Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation’ by Ann Bausum, published by National Geographic, ISBN 978-1-4262-1310-6 OTHER SOURCES: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA955199.pdf https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/sergeant-stubby-richard-lanni-film-animated-war-dog-american-history/ https://portal.ct.gov/MIL/MAPO/History/People/Stubbys-Obituary https://www.militarytimes.com/2017/06/07/stubby-s-story-all-about-the-iconic-world-war-i-war-dog-and-star-of-an-upcoming-animated-film/ https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/4393-sergeant-stubby-the-dog-that-fought-to-liberate-france-in-wwi.html https://www.france24.com/en/20180424-sergeant-stubby-dog-liberate-france-wwi-usa-germany

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The Pony Express: The Fastest Mail Service in the Wild West

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0000

The Pony Express: The Fastest Mail Service in the Wild West

11 Sep 2024

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#biography #wildwest #historyfacts The Pony Express was a solution to that problem, though it was a short-lived one. It was in operation for just 18 months, and in that time it became a legend of the American West. The romantic image of a lone rider, facing and triumphing over the dangers posed by vast distances, inclement weather, hostile Indians, and roving bandits is part of Western mythology. In truth, it was a massive undertaking, a business that ultimately failed when it proved massively unprofitable. Still, it is fondly remembered as part of American history as an attempt to overcome the imposing geography of the continent because what’s more American than charging head-first into a bad idea and refusing to admit you’re wrong? → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/gold-rush.htm https://www.stjosephmo.gov/371/The-Pony-Express https://www.ponyexpress.org/copy-of-quick-facts https://westernhorseman.com/culture/the-pony-express-paradox-2/ https://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/the-first-ride.htm#:~:text=The%20Pony%20Express%20was%20set,was%2010%20miles%20per%20hour. https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2018/jan/09/pony-express-defines-american-spirit/ https://nationalponyexpress.org/report/story-2014-06-16_164900/ https://blog.optimalship.com/the-role-the-pony-express-played-in-the-shipping-industry https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/poex/hrs/hrs3a.htm

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Cicero: The GREATEST Statesman of Ancient Rome? #sponsored

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:30:00 -0000

Cicero: The GREATEST Statesman of Ancient Rome? #sponsored

14 Sep 2024

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#rome #cícero #romanhistory Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Further Reading: Plutarch - Life of Cicero J.L Strachan-Davidson - Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic F. R. Cowell - Cicero and the Roman Republic https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cicero https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/marcus-tullius-cicero https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/cicero/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cicero/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Cicero/ https://archive.org/details/cicerofallofroma00stra/page/n17/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0069%3Abook%3D10%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D112 https://archive.org/details/cicerofallofroma00stra/page/2/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Cicero*.html#1 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Cicero*.html#2 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cicero https://archive.org/details/ciceroromanrepub00cowe/page/232/mode/2up?view=theater https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/cicero/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cicero/#PhilOrat https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0022%3Atext%3DF%3Abook%3D10%3Aletter%3D28 Sponsor

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Was Franklin Pierce the Saddest President of the United States?

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0000

Was Franklin Pierce the Saddest President of the United States?

19 Sep 2024

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Franklin Pierce, who pronounced his surname as “purse”, is consistently ranked as one of the worst Presidents in American history. His administration, which occurred in the decade preceding the American Civil War, is cited as one in which the causes of that war were exacerbated by the President’s policies. Though a native of New Hampshire, Pierce generated considerable enmity from his fellow New Englanders, largely due to his stand against the abolitionists that demanded an end to slavery. His political skills were unequal to the challenges he faced in office, and his own Democratic Party refused to nominate him to run for a second term, an almost unheard of circumstance in American politics. His life was one of tragedy and melancholy. His wife’s family disapproved of him. It took eight years of courting before she could be persuaded to marry him. Jane Means Appleton, who eventually became his wife, was deeply religious, hated politics, despised Washington, and opposed the consumption of alcohol to the point she was active in temperance movements in antebellum New England. Pierce, on the other hand, thrived in political and legal maneuvers, drank to excess, and served in several posts in Washington. His views on religion can be surmised by his refusal to take the oath of office as President by swearing on a Bible. He affirmed his oath with his hand on a lawbook. Franklin Pierce entered the Presidency prone to bouts of depression, his wife having refused to accompany him to Washington. Throughout his four years in office, he drank to excess. His was a gloomy, unhappy White House. He may well have been one of the worst presidents in history. He may also have been the saddest, or at the very least, the unhappiest. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://ourwhitehouse.org/the-presidential-oath-of-office/ https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023-04-14/can-the-new-england-town-meeting-fix-american-democracy https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/franklin_pierce_homestead.html https://millercenter.org/president/pierce/essays/pierce-1853-firstlady https://millercenter.org/president/pierce/life-before-the-presidency https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Votes_for_War_against_Mexico.htm https://www.historycentral.com/elections/1852.html https://www.nhhistory.org/object/1637729/the-accident-at-andover-1853-january-22 https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/01/04/franklin-pierce-train-wreck/ https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/bleeding-kansas https://hekint.org/2021/03/26/the-derailment-of-franklin-pierce/

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The USS Indianapolis: An Incredible Story of Disaster and Survival on the High Seas

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0000

The USS Indianapolis: An Incredible Story of Disaster and Survival on the High Seas

24 Sep 2024

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Davy Crocket: The King of the Wild Frontier

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:30:00 -0000

Davy Crocket: The King of the Wild Frontier

23 Jun 2024

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Mithridates: The Roman Republic's Greatest Enemy [Re-uploaded, FIXED]

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0000

Mithridates: The Roman Republic's Greatest Enemy [Re-uploaded, FIXED]

1 May 2024

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Carausius: The Roman Pirate Who Became an Emperor

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0000

Carausius: The Roman Pirate Who Became an Emperor

20 Jul 2024

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Dr Ignaz Semmelweis: The Savior of Mothers

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0000

Dr Ignaz Semmelweis: The Savior of Mothers

30 Mar 2024

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Artaxerxes II: The Beginning of the End for the Achaemenid Empire

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0000

Artaxerxes II: The Beginning of the End for the Achaemenid Empire

27 Sep 2024

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Levi Strauss: The Creator of Blue Jeans?

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:30:00 -0000

Levi Strauss: The Creator of Blue Jeans?

1 Oct 2024

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The Piltdown Man - The Biggest Scientific Hoax in History

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:30:00 -0000

The Piltdown Man - The Biggest Scientific Hoax in History

4 Oct 2024

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#biography #sciencefacts #hoax It was December 18, 1912, and a very exciting meeting was about to take place in London that would soon send the world into a frenzy. Before the Geological Society stood two men - amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson and paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward, curator of the Geology Department of the Museum of Natural History. The duo had something quite captivating to present to the scientific community - the reconstruction of a skull believed to have belonged to a human ancestor from 500,000 years ago. It was named Eoanthropus dawsoni after its discoverer, but most people referred to it by its other name - Piltdown Man. Soon enough, newspapers worldwide heralded it as the much sought-after “missing link” - an ancient ancestor whose existence had been theorized for decades, ever since Charles Darwin made evolution the hot topic of the natural sciences. The British media, in particular, was enthralled with the discovery and proudly labeled Piltdown Man as the “Earliest Englishman.” Both the scientific community and the public at large accepted Piltdown Man as what they perceived it to be - a crucial discovery and a pivotal moment in the study of life on Earth. There was just one problem, though, and spoiler alert here - Piltdown Man was one of the greatest hoaxes the world had ever seen. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Eric's publisher has released a new edition of his debut cyberpunk/cosmic horror book, Echoes of Olympus Mons: https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Olympus-Mons-Book-ebook/dp/B0DJDZ73PD Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant My publisher has released a new edition of my debut cyberpunk/cosmic horror book, Echoes of Olympus Mons: https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Olympus-Mons-Book-ebook/dp/B0DJDZ73PD Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: John Evangelist Walsh - Unraveling Piltdown Frank Spencer - Piltdown https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/services/library/collections/piltdown-man.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/piltdown_man_01.shtml https://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Piltdown_Man_forgery#Timeline https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/projects/piltdown-man http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3264025.stm https://archaeology.org/issues/online/collection/trenches-england-piltdown-forger-unmasked/

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Carlo Gambino: The Quiet Don Who Took Over the Mafia

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:30:00 -0000

Carlo Gambino: The Quiet Don Who Took Over the Mafia

8 Oct 2024

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Ptolemy I: The Founders of Egypt's Final Dynasty

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:30:00 -0000

Ptolemy I: The Founders of Egypt's Final Dynasty

31 May 2024

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Operation Mincemeat: How the British Tricked the N*zis in World War II

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:30:00 -0000

Operation Mincemeat: How the British Tricked the N*zis in World War II

15 Oct 2024

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Hatfields and McCoys: The Most Notorious Feud in American History #sponsored

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:30:00 -0000

Hatfields and McCoys: The Most Notorious Feud in American History #sponsored

18 Oct 2024

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Thomas Jefferson: The Pragmatic Innovator

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:30:00 -0000

Thomas Jefferson: The Pragmatic Innovator

23 Oct 2024

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Pope Alexander VI: The Infamous "Borgia Pope" #sponsored

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Pope Alexander VI: The Infamous "Borgia Pope" #sponsored

14 Nov 2024

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Jane Austen: An Incomplete Legend

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:30:00 -0000

Jane Austen: An Incomplete Legend

19 Nov 2024

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Abraham Zapruder: The Man Who Filmed JFK's Assassination

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Abraham Zapruder: The Man Who Filmed JFK's Assassination

22 Nov 2024

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Michael Jackson: The Troubled Life of the King of Pop

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:30:00 -0000

Michael Jackson: The Troubled Life of the King of Pop

28 Jul 2024

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Luke Short: The Deadliest Dandy of the Wild West #sponsored

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Luke Short: The Deadliest Dandy of the Wild West #sponsored

29 Oct 2024

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Doc Holliday: The Deadliest Dentist of the Wild West

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Doc Holliday: The Deadliest Dentist of the Wild West

3 May 2024

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Doc Holliday was the Robin to Wyatt Earp’s Batman; by his side whenever the going got tough, pistol in hand, ready to go out in a blaze of glory. Their friendship became a legendary tale of the Wild West, depicted in many books and westerns. Holliday didn’t necessarily act this way out of sheer bravery or an undying sense of loyalty, but for a more tragic reason - he knew that he was a doomed man, anyway. Stricken with tuberculosis from an early age, before he even met Wyatt Earp, Holliday understood that he was living on borrowed time, so he chose to live it like a man with nothing to lose. In the process, he became one of the greatest icons of the Wild West. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI analog horror project: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free Cosmic Horror Ebook with Mailing List Signup: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: John Myers Myers - Doc Holliday Pat Jahns - The Frontier World of Doc Holliday True West Magazine HistoryNet Georgia Encyclopedia Legends of America

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Robin Hood: The Most Celebrated Outlaw of All Time

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0000

Robin Hood: The Most Celebrated Outlaw of All Time

1 Apr 2024

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We find ourselves in England, during the late 12th century. The country is in disarray as King Richard the Lionheart is off fighting in the Crusades, leaving his throne exposed to the devious machinations of Prince John. The younger sibling covets his brother’s power and plans to steal the English crown for himself. He is aided by the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham, who uses unaffordable taxes in order to oppress the peasantry and fill his master’s coffers. Is there nobody who will stand up to such tyrants? Nobody who will pick up the bow and the sword and fight for the innocent people of England? Well, in fact, there is one such man. A brave outlaw who will lead a gang of rogues and outcasts against the reign of terror. A charitable bandit who will steal from the rich and give to the poor. A man known as Robin Hood! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Robin-Hood/#:~:text=Robin%20having%20fought%20in%20the,same%20account%20of%20his%20death. https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/little-john-beginners.html https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/will-scarlet-beginners.html https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/friar-tuck-beginners-guide.html https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/maid-marian-beginners.html https://www.boldoutlaw.com/rhbal/bal139.html https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/robin-hood-villains-beginners.html#gg https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/robin-hood-villains-beginners.html#sheriff https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/robin-hood-royals-beginners.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-28292998 https://thirdeyetraveller.com/st-marys-church-edwinstowe-robin-hood-wed/ https://www.boldoutlaw.com/rhbal/bal120b.html https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Robin-Hood/ https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/robin-hood-beginners.html https://www.historyhit.com/did-the-legendary-outlaw-robin-hood-ever-exist/ https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-92732 https://www.boldoutlaw.com/realrob/real-robin-hood.html#hobbehod

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Edward Low: History's Most Sadistic Pirate?

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:30:00 -0000

Edward Low: History's Most Sadistic Pirate?

7 Nov 2024

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Best of Biographics: American Presidents Part 1

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0000

Best of Biographics: American Presidents Part 1

13 Nov 2024

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Chester Arthur: The Most Forgettable President?

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0000

Chester Arthur: The Most Forgettable President?

27 Jun 2024

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The Sundance Kid: The Wild West's Most Famous Sidekick #sponsored

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:30:00 -0000

The Sundance Kid: The Wild West's Most Famous Sidekick #sponsored

27 Nov 2024

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Madeleine Albright: A Refugee in the West Wing

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0000

Madeleine Albright: A Refugee in the West Wing

10 Dec 2024

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Important PSA about Ptolemy I Pronunciation #biography #kingshistory

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0000

Important PSA about Ptolemy I Pronunciation #biography #kingshistory

1 Jun 2024

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The Filthy Thirteen: The Real-Life ‘Dirty Dozen’ of World War II #sponsored

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0000

The Filthy Thirteen: The Real-Life ‘Dirty Dozen’ of World War II #sponsored

15 Dec 2024

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The Ghost Army: The Combat Crooks of World War II

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:30:00 -0000

The Ghost Army: The Combat Crooks of World War II

26 Dec 2024

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HERNAN CORTÉS: The Conquistador Who Brought Down the Aztec Empire

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:30:00 -0000

HERNAN CORTÉS: The Conquistador Who Brought Down the Aztec Empire

25 Feb 2025

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JUSTINIAN THE GREAT: The Emperor Who Never Sleeps

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:30:00 -0000

JUSTINIAN THE GREAT: The Emperor Who Never Sleeps

4 Jan 2025

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Norman Rockwell: The Most Iconic American Artist?

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:30:00 -0000

Norman Rockwell: The Most Iconic American Artist?

9 Jan 2025

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Jimmy Doolittle: World War II's Most Famous Air Raider? #sponsored

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:30:00 -0000

Jimmy Doolittle: World War II's Most Famous Air Raider? #sponsored

17 Jan 2025

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THE BONE WARS: The Most Intense Rivalry in Scientific History

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:30:00 -0000

THE BONE WARS: The Most Intense Rivalry in Scientific History

21 Jan 2025

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Dean Martin: The King of Cool

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:30:00 -0000

Dean Martin: The King of Cool

25 Jan 2025

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Seth Bullock: The Wild West LEGEND Who Brought the LAW to DEADWOOD

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Seth Bullock: The Wild West LEGEND Who Brought the LAW to DEADWOOD

28 Jan 2025

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JULIUS and ETHEL ROSENBERG: Soviet Spies or American Martyrs?

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:30:00 -0000

JULIUS and ETHEL ROSENBERG: Soviet Spies or American Martyrs?

4 Feb 2025

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Klaus Fuchs: The Nuclear Spy

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Klaus Fuchs: The Nuclear Spy

8 May 2024

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The release of the hit film Oppenheimer has led to increased public interest in the true story of the Manhattan Project, the effort of a combined team of American and British scientists to create the atomic bomb during World War II. The film accurately shows the conflicted emotions those scientists had about their work, which resulted in the development of the most destructive weapon mankind has ever known, as well as efforts from the Soviet Union to acquire the secrets of the bomb for themselves through the use of spies. The USSR’s chief spy in the Manhattan Project was also instrumental in its creation: Klaus Fuchs (Author’s Note: Pronounced FEWKS). Fuchs was considered one of the UK’s top scientific minds, and was recruited to work on the atomic bomb project almost from the very beginning of it. Exiled from his native Germany by the rise of Hitler, Fuchs was happy to work on the bomb project because he believed it was necessary to defeat the Nazis. What not even his closest friends and associates realized, however, was that Fuchs was also a devoted Communist who was passing on all the nuclear secrets he was learning to Soviet agents. Unlike other spies, Fuchs wasn’t motivated by money: he was a true believer in the effectiveness of the Communist system to heal society’s ills, and also that the Western Allies shouldn’t have a monopoly on the atomic bomb: if world peace was to be maintained, a balance of power was required. He continued passing information to the Soviets until he was caught in 1949, much to the embarrassment of the British security services, who had identified him as a possible security risk for years but done nothing about it. His information accelerated the progress of the USSR’s own bomb project, making him, potentially, one of the most consequential spies in history. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI analog horror experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Get Echoes of Olympus Mons free by signing up to Eric's Newsletter: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to other books and socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs by Nancy Thorndike Greenspan, Penguin Random House 2020

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Juan Trippe: The Story of Pan American Airways

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:30:00 -0000

Juan Trippe: The Story of Pan American Airways

7 Feb 2025

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#planes #airlines #biography Check out our brand new channel, About Us, a channel all about exploring the history of businesses! https://www.youtube.com/@AboutUs-Biz → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/wilbur-wright-and-the-statue-of-liberty-180947754/ https://nifa.aero/nifa/history/ https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107811/henry-h-arnold/ https://vault.si.com/vault/1961/09/04/sonny-whitney-a-success-in-spite-of-his-money https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2018/june/historic-aircraft-sikorsky-flying-boats https://www.clipperflyingboats.com/china-clipper https://time.com/archive/6773396/aviation-revolt-tripped/ https://www.artdeco.org/marine-air-terminal https://time.com/archive/6624093/aviation-trippes-big-bid/ https://simpleflying.com/airline-tourist-class-history/#:~:text=Pan%20Am's%20Tourist%20Class%20in,travel%2C%20leaving%20a%20lasting%20legacy.

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King James: One Man, Three Kingdoms

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:30:00 -0000

King James: One Man, Three Kingdoms

5 Apr 2024

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Charles Bukowski: Underground Writer, Voice of the Poor and Depraved?

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Charles Bukowski: Underground Writer, Voice of the Poor and Depraved?

12 Feb 2025

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#author #charlesbukowski #biography Check out About Us, where we talk about the history of businesses like Nintendo, Blockbuster, and soon to come, Toys "R" Us, Whetherspoons, and more! https://www.youtube.com/@AboutUs-Biz → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://huntingthemuse.net/library/why-you-should-leave-a-legacy-even-if-its-a-shit-one https://poets.org/poet/charles-bukowski https://books.google.com/books?id=Qcw1bRzDd8wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=charles+bukowski+barry+miles&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl8oyT3sCJAxXRSkEAHf5wChEQ6AF6BAgJEAI https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-bukowski https://poets.org/poet/charles-bukowski https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/62/mode/2up? https://www.openculture.com/2014/03/charles-bukowski-publishes-his-first-short.html https://bukowskiforum.com/threads/20-tanks-from-kasseldown-portfolio-1946.81/ https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Charles_Bukowski/Qcw1bRzDd8wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Charles+Bukowski+(2009)+Barry+Miles&pg=PT323&printsec=frontcover https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/82/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/85/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/97/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/106/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/107/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/111/mode/2up? https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/112/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/113/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/119/mode/2up https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-franceye21-2009jun21-story.html https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/141/mode/2up https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/03/16/charles-bukowski-leaves-a-controversial-legacy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_(novel) https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/219/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/227/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/236/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/247/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/248/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/258/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/265/mode/2up https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-bukowski https://threeroomspress.com/2020/01/the-controversial-legacy-of-charles-bukowski/

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Anne Frank: The Flame the Holocaust Could not Extinguish

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Anne Frank: The Flame the Holocaust Could not Extinguish

2 Jul 2024

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#biography #history #worldwar2 For over two years, Frank and her family hid in a makeshift room behind a bookcase in an Amsterdam building where her father worked. The entire time there, until she was captured by the Nazis, Anne would write her thoughts and dreams into her diary, while the world outside her hidden walls went to hell. After the Second World War ended, a few helpful hands saw to it that Anne’s diary was made available to the world. It has since been a brutal reminder of what humanity can be capable of at its worst, and what humanity is at its best. Here is a single brave girl’s story of survival and fear in one of the darkest chapters in history. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Free Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Links to Other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte J Crocket's website: https://businesshandshakes.wordpress.com/ Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://us-holocaust-museum.medium.com/german-bombs-and-us-bureaucrats-how-escape-lines-from-europe-were-cut-off-1b3e14137cc4 https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/16/anne-franks-hidden-diary-pages-risque-jokes-and-sex-education/ https://www.montessorieducation.com/blog/anne-frank-secret https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/anne-frank-1 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-small-light-tells-the-story-of-miep-gies-who-hid-anne-frank-from-the-nazis-180982175/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/one-day-they-simply-werent-there-how-researchers-reconstructed-anne-franks-last-months https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/17/anne-and-margot-die-exhausted-in-the-bergen-belsen-concentration-camp/ https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/88/otto-receives-the-diaries/ https://www.history.co.uk/articles/anne-franks-father-the-life-of-otto-frank https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/ https://us-holocaust-museum.medium.com/german-bombs-and-us-bureaucrats-how-escape-lines-from-europe-were-cut-off-1b3e14137cc4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/16/anne-franks-hidden-diary-pages-risque-jokes-and-sex-education/ https://www.montessorieducation.com/blog/anne-frank-secret https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/anne-frank-1 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-small-light-tells-the-story-of-miep-gies-who-hid-anne-frank-from-the-nazis-180982175/ https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/17/anne-and-margot-die-exhausted-in-the-bergen-belsen-concentration-camp/ https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/88/otto-receives-the-diaries/

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PAUL REVERE: The Midnight Ride that Changed History #sponsored

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:30:00 -0000

PAUL REVERE: The Midnight Ride that Changed History #sponsored

18 Feb 2025

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Jimmy Stewart: It's a Wonderful American Life

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0000

Jimmy Stewart: It's a Wonderful American Life

5 Jun 2024

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James Maitland Stewart is that rare and admirable human being who could truthfully claim that everyone liked him. During his lifetime and in the years since, it was virtually impossible to find anyone recording a bad word against him, or relating an anecdote in which he appeared less than a gentleman. His distinctive drawl, coupled with his hesitant, stuttering vocal delivery made his voice instantly recognizable, and when it was heard, it was heeded. Late in his long and distinguished career, he provided the voiceover for a major soup company’s television commercials. He did not appear in the advertisements. Campbell’s reported hundreds of telephone calls to their offices, demanding to know if that was really Jimmy’s voice promoting their soup. It really was. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Alien Video Essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jpKTllluiY&pp=ygUJc3RvcnlyYW50 Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Link Tree to other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.jimmystewartontheair.com/jimmy-stewart-for-campbells-soups/ https://www.recreationnews.com/pa---indiana-co---jimmy-stewart-museum-hardware-store-display--/image_76ba18b8-56e0-11ed-aad5-637d8419b3c9.html#:~:text=The%20Jimmy%20Stewart%20Museum%20pays,operated%20by%20the%20actor's%20father. https://charterclub.org/about/ https://www.triangleshow.com/history https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029297/ https://www.nytimes.com/1940/12/27/archives/the-screen-a-splendid-cast-adorns-the-screen-version-of-the.html https://www.themusichall.org/blog/classic-hollywood-classic-couples-james-gloria-stewart/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/william-joyce-capture-and-execution https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/14/JIMMY-STEWARTS-SON/9546384930000/ http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Jimmy/jimmy-poem.htm https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2017/02/16/james-jimmy-stewarts-poem-for-beau/10378653007/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190723203100/https:/www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-07-06-9707031555-story.html

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“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn: Al Capone’s Most Vicious Hitman

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0000

“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn: Al Capone’s Most Vicious Hitman

21 Feb 2025

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Greg "Pappy" Boyington: The True Story of WORLD WAR II's Black Sheep Squadron

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:30:00 -0000

Greg "Pappy" Boyington: The True Story of WORLD WAR II's Black Sheep Squadron

28 Feb 2025

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Edward the Black Prince: The Greatest Warrior Prince of Medieval England #sponsored

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0000

Edward the Black Prince: The Greatest Warrior Prince of Medieval England #sponsored

11 Mar 2025

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Lysander: The SPARTAN who conquered ATHENS

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0000

Lysander: The SPARTAN who conquered ATHENS

31 Jul 2024

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Astronaut John Glenn: the First American to Orbit the Earth #sponsored

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0000

Astronaut John Glenn: the First American to Orbit the Earth #sponsored

14 Mar 2025

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Crazy Horse: The Lakota Leader Who Defied the American Government #sponsored

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:30:00 -0000

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22 Mar 2025

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John Jacob Astor: The Robber Baron Who Became America’s First Multimillionaire

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:30:00 -0000

John Jacob Astor: The Robber Baron Who Became America’s First Multimillionaire

27 Mar 2025

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Mikhail Gorbachev: The Last Soviet Leader #sponsored

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:30:00 -0000

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30 Mar 2025

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April Fools Special! Leslie Nielsen: The Funniest Man in Hollywood

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:30:00 -0000

April Fools Special! Leslie Nielsen: The Funniest Man in Hollywood

1 Apr 2025

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James Monroe: The Era of Good Feeling

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0000

James Monroe: The Era of Good Feeling

11 Apr 2024

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The first four decades of what has come to be called the “American Experiment” were turbulent in the extreme. First there was a revolution to be won, despite the opposition to its goals expressed by nearly a third of the population. A failed attempt at a national government under the Articles of Confederation led to the creation of a strong federal government, creating disputes over the role of state’s rights that continue to the present day. Partisan politics created divides so wide that at one point a sitting Vice-President, Aaron Burr, killed a former Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, in an illegal duel. Though the causes of their enmity were many, at their core was a fundamental disagreement over politics. There were armed insurrections over taxes, over veteran’s benefits, over slavery. During the John Adams administration, the United States fought an undeclared naval war with France. Jefferson sent the US Navy and Marines to fight a war along the North African coast and ordered an embargo against trade with Britain that proved ruinous to American commerce. Quarrels with Britain over free trade and freedom of the seas led to another, nearly disastrous war with the British Empire. Settlers struggling into the western lands of the Northwest Territory and the southern lands found hostile tribes opposing them and a federal government unable to defend them. Then came a period of eight years of relative peace, during which American commerce thrived, the nation's borders expanded through peaceable means, and the United States gained respect on the world stage. In the wake of the tumultuous years that followed, it became known as the Era of Good Feelings. It was the period of the administration of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, and the last of the Founders to hold that office. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://millercenter.org/president/monroe/life-before-the-presidency https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/james-monroe https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/northwest-ordinance https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about https://www.britannica.com/event/Reign-of-Terror https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/alaska/russian-colonization/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/16/monroe-doctrine-united-states-latin-america-foreign-policy-interventionism-china-gop/ https://millercenter.org/president/monroe/impact-and-legacy

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Ida B Wells - Teacher, Protester, Anti-Lynching Crusader

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:30:00 -0000

Ida B Wells - Teacher, Protester, Anti-Lynching Crusader

7 Apr 2025

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William T Sherman: The First Modern General

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:30:00 -0000

William T Sherman: The First Modern General

11 May 2024

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#civilwar #biography #ushistory William Tecumseh Sherman is forever linked with his famed March to the Sea in the late autumn of 1864. In truth, his subsequent march through South Carolina and part of North Carolina was far more destructive, a fact Sherman acknowledged in his memoirs. He commanded a regiment in the First Battle of Bull Run, a Union defeat which led to him suffering a bout of depression. Northern newspapers questioned his sanity, with one Cincinnati newspaper openly calling him insane. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Free cosmic horror ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Linktree to Other Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4361/4361-h/4361-h.htm http://sfmuseum.org/hist6/sherm40s.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Louisiana-State-University-system-Louisiana https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/bull-run https://www.americanheritage.com/new-sherman-letters https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/shiloh-history.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ulysses-s-grant-s-path-to-victory-the-1864-overland-campaign.htm https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2014/12/02/war-is-marching-our-way/22204076007/ https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Images/igphoto/2000746039/ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/bennett-place-surrender https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/where-the-buffalo-no-longer-roamed-3067904/ https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/06/uncle-billys-racism/57886/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lost-Cause

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The Forty Elephants Gang: The All-Women Gang That Robbed London Blind #sponsored

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:30:00 -0000

The Forty Elephants Gang: The All-Women Gang That Robbed London Blind #sponsored

15 Apr 2025

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#biography #history #truecrimestories 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/BIOGRAPHICS and use code BIOGRAPHICS for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Brian McDonald - Gangs of London https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250219-a-thousand-blows-how-a-women-only-gang-menaced-victorian-london https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/27/girl-gang-london-underworld https://books.google.ro/books?id=fVg-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT163&dq=%22hoister+bloomers%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22hoister%20bloomers%22&f=false https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/forty-elephants-south-londons-supreme-shoplifters/ https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a63840210/a-thousand-blows-forty-elephants-true-story-disney-plus/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/forty-elephants-gang-who-real-mary-carr/ Sponsor

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Leonid Brezhnev: The Beginning of the End of the Soviet Union #sponsored

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Leonid Brezhnev: The Beginning of the End of the Soviet Union #sponsored

27 Apr 2025

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Jack Gilbert Graham: The Denver Dynamite Fiend

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:30:00 -0000

Jack Gilbert Graham: The Denver Dynamite Fiend

7 Jul 2024

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#biography #history #crimestory In 1955, flying in an airplane was still considered a glamorous activity: men and women dressed up in their fanciest clothes before heading to the airport. In the 1950s, air travel was just starting to take off, if you’ll pardon the pun, in the US, with more routes being added, fares being lowered, and aircraft offered that were faster, more comfortable, and above all, safer than their predecessors. The very idea that anyone would want to blow one of them up was the furthest thought from anybody’s mind. And yet, that is exactly what happened on the night of November 1st, 1955, just outside of Denver, Colorado. A United Airlines plane was blown out of the sky by a bomb, sending 44 men, women, and children plummeting to their deaths. It was the first confirmed case of mid-air sabotage in US history, requiring investigators to come up with new techniques to solve the case, techniques that are still being used today. The bombing of the plane sent shockwaves around the country, and so did the identity of the perpetrator: Jack Gilbert Graham, a young man who hated his mother so much that he put a bomb in her luggage to blow her out of the sky, showing absolutely no remorse for everyone else he killed at the same time. Because of this, Colorado made sure to exact the ultimate price from him for his evil deed: death in the state’s gas chamber. This is the true story of the downing of United Airlines Flight 629, a truly groundbreaking case that created laws, changed long standing customs, and gripped a nation from start to finish. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Eric is featured in Grimdark Magazine this month! GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Free Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Mainliner Denver: The Bombing of Flight 629 by Andrew J. Field, Johnson Books 2005

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The Harpe Brothers: America’s First Serial Killers

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:30:00 -0000

The Harpe Brothers: America’s First Serial Killers

4 May 2025

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Albert Anastasia: The Lord High Executioner of the American Mob #sponsored

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:30:00 -0000

Albert Anastasia: The Lord High Executioner of the American Mob #sponsored

14 May 2025

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#truecrimestories #themob #biography Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Michael Newton - Boss of Murder, Inc.: The Criminal Life of Albert Anastasia https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/2.html https://books.google.ro/books?id=oOnaDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=ro#v=onepage&q&f=false https://vault.fbi.gov/Albert%20Anastasia/Albert%20Anastasia%20Part%201%20of%204%20/view https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/albert-anastasia/ https://books.google.ro/books?id=3-YCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Albert+Anastasia%22&pg=PA44&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=%22Albert%20Anastasia%22&f=false Sponsor

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Boris Yeltsin: The First Russian President #sponsored

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Boris Yeltsin: The First Russian President #sponsored

17 May 2025

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#biography #ussr #biography 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/BIOGRAPHICS and use code BIOGRAPHICS for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: References Yeltsin’s Revolution by Leon Rabinovich Aron https://archive.org/details/yeltsinrevolutio00aron/mode/2up Boris Yeltsin and Russia’s Democratic Transformation by Herbert J. Ellison https://archive.org/details/borisyeltsinruss0000elli_d6h2/mode/2up  References https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/07/11/yeltsin-sworn-in-as-russian-president/533c96df-a858-44a7-8827-eab25130a551/ https://archive.org/details/yeltsinrevolutio00aron/page/4/mode/2up https://www.britannica.com/money/collectivization https://www.britannica.com/topic/kolkhoz https://www.augb.co.uk/holodomor/dekulakisation-and-collectivisation https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/gulag https://www.history.com/news/ukrainian-famine-stalin https://www.britannica.com/topic/Central-Committee-Soviet-political-body  https://www.britannica.com/topic/Congress-of-Peoples-Deputies https://www.britannica.com/topic/1991-Soviet-coup-attempt https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coup-attempt-against-gorbachev-collapses https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/02/world/bush-and-yeltsin-declare-formal-end-to-cold-war-agree-to-exchange-visits.html https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia/Post-Soviet-Russia https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/inflation-cpi https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/China_s_Rise_Russia_s_Fall/Nil-DAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=China%27s+Rise,+Russia%27s+Fall+peter+nolan&printsec=frontcover https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/boris-yeltsin#section_3 https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-an-update-from-the-front-line-luke-harding-copy https://www.history.com/news/bill-clinton-boris-yeltsin-drunk-1994-russian-state-visit https://www.dw.com/en/with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-the-reelection-of-boris-yeltsin/a-62237636  https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/26/russian-election-interference-meddling/ https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/98-578.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/090999russia-launder.html https://jamestown.org/program/gorbachev-and-yeltsin-assess-putins-perestroika/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1059784.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1215204.stm https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9255088 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/world/europe/24yeltsin.html https://youtu.be/ZVitEiKkRZ8?si=it6yZ6Xgo5cH2RSq&t=360 Sponsor

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Ögedei Khan - The Mongol Leader Who Ravaged Asia & Europe #sponsored

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Ögedei Khan - The Mongol Leader Who Ravaged Asia & Europe #sponsored

24 May 2025

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John Reed: The Romantic Revolutionary #sponsored

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27 May 2025

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Jan Palach: The Ultimate Sacrifice Against Soviet Tyranny

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Jan Palach: The Ultimate Sacrifice Against Soviet Tyranny

3 Aug 2024

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#biography #history #biographyhistory In the first half of 1968, a window of hope and freedom opened beyond the Iron Curtain. A new government in Czechoslovakia dared to do the unthinkable in Soviet-controlled, totalitarian, Eastern Europe: abolish censorship and liberalize society. The Party leaders in Moscow would not tolerate the outrage of what became known as the “Prague Spring” and responded to societal reforms with tanks. One young man in Prague could not stand aside and bear a life under tyranny. To reawaken the consciousness of his people, he would undergo a fiery sacrifice and become a human torch. This is the story of Jan Palach, martyr of the Prague Spring. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.janpalach.cz/en/default/jan-palach/detstvi https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia https://english.radio.cz/czech-martyr-jan-palachs-enduring-legacy-50-years-after-his-self-immolation-8141155 https://english.radio.cz/jan-zajic-story-human-torch-number-two-8137669 https://www.scribd.com/book/484438942 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia

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29 May 2025

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John Candy: The Larger-Than-Life King of Canadian Comedy #sponsored

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31 May 2025

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20 Jun 2025

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JOHNNY CARSON: The King of Late Night TV #sponsored

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3 Sep 2025

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