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Theodore Roosevelt877.3k viewsThe 13 Most Hardcore Facts About Teddy RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, was more than the man behind the Panama Canal and the inspiration for...
Harriet Tubman128.4k views17 Things You Didn't Know About Harriet TubmanThe biography of Harriet Tubman reads less like a stodgy figure from the past and more like a modern action hero. Far from just be...
70.2k views10 American Politicians You've Never Heard of Who Basically Changed HistoryA list of the most influential politicians is bound to have plenty of names we all know. John F. Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt, Hill...
Feminism793 votersThe Greatest Renaissance Women in American HistoryWhile many technical and scientific professions were closed off to women until recently, renaissance women still managed to make t...
Buzz Aldrin287.2k views18 Things You Didn't Know About Buzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, emerging soon after Neil Armstrong took the first lunar steps. Aldrin instantl...
History144.4k views11 Facts About The Life Of GeronimoPerhaps if he’d been born a few years earlier, Geronimo would have lived out his life as an Apache chief, adhering to tradition an...
History14.4k viewsThe Insane Saga of Joshua Abraham Norton, The 'Emperor' of the United StatesThe United States of America proudly declared its independence from monarchal rule - but the country has had one notable weird roy...
Martin Luther King, Jr.61.8k views15 Surprising And Little-Known Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.Civil Rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., is most remembered for his use of nonviolence and civil disobe...
Andrew Carnegie14.8k viewsRobbing From The Poor To Give To The Rich: Andrew Carnegie And His Mega-LegacyAndrew Carnegie was one of the wealthiest men to have ever lived. He had humble beginnings, born the son of a handloom weaver in 1...
USA41k views10 Facts About the Bold, Brave Life of SacagaweaIf you took American History in school and paid attention at all, then you probably heard the name Sacagawea at least once during ...