Establishment of Liberia
In 1847, a group of former slaves from the Americas established the nation of Liberia on the west coast of Africa. Many people hailed the move as an option for other blacks in the Americas. And while ...
28 Okt 202519min
Erfurt Latrine disaster
On a summer day in 1184 a large group of nobles and clergy were gathered in Erfurt, modern day Germany, debating control over the city. The event was being presided over by the son of the Holy Roman E...
27 Okt 202513min
Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy
In 1983, the Kremlin became convinced NATO was preparing to strike first with nuclear weapons. However, British Intelligence had a man inside London’s Soviet Embassy who discovered just how dangerousl...
24 Okt 202544min
St. Guinefort the Greyhound
In the Middle Ages a cult emerged based up around a dog - a greyhound - named Guinefort. The dog had saved the life of a baby from poisonous snake - but had then been killed by the baby’s father - a k...
23 Okt 202515min
Tarrare - the World's Hungriest Man
Around 1772, in Lyon, France, a man who today is known only as Tarrare was born with an absolutely insatiable appetite. He would eat garbage, live cats, dead bodies, and even allegedly a toddler. He w...
22 Okt 202516min
Rosie Ruiz and the Boston Marathon Fraud
On April 21, 1980, Rosie Ruiz stunned the world by winning the women’s crown at the Boston Marathon with a record time. The only problem was she had actually only run about one mile of the race - maki...
21 Okt 202517min
Julius Caesar and the Pirates
While a young man and on his way to college none other than Julius Caesar's ship was attacked by pirates. He was captured for ransom. But rather than a normal experience, he treated his captors like h...
20 Okt 202514min
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
On July 3, 1940, British forces attacked French ships at the naval base at Mers-el-Kébir on the coast of Algeria. The attack was part of a British plan to neutralize French ships to prevent them from ...
17 Okt 202523min
