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Lists of fun facts and fascinating trivia about some of history's most intelligent people.

Great Minds

Lists of fascinating facts and lesser-known details about the lives of people whose names you learned in History class (or should have).

Down in History

Robert Oppenheimer

Few scientific breakthroughs in the past century were more pivotal&nbsp;than the discovery of nuclear weapons. What would humanity with the&nbsp;power to level cities in an instant?&nbsp;American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer helped create the atomic bomb with a group of scientists and was later dubbed the &quot;father of the atomic bomb.&quot;&nbsp;The son of a German-born, Jewish immigrant and a Baltimore artist, Oppenheimer's was considered to be a true genius. However, much of his life falls far beyond scientific achievement. Facts about J. Robert Oppenheimer's life show he was not only a brilliant scientist, but a political activist, an educator, and a father.&nbsp;

13 Surprising Facts About The Inventor Of The Atomic Bomb

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J. Robert Opennheimer Facts

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Interesting

People randomly come across valuable items all the time at garage sales or in relatives'&nbsp;attics – popular shows like American Pickers and Antiques Roadshow are built around this exciting prospect.&nbsp;Sometimes, though, a significant item&nbsp;can go unnoticed, and you can suddenly&nbsp;find out that the thing you've been using to fix that wobble in your kitchen table for the past decade is a lost piece or artwork or&nbsp;history that’s hundreds, maybe thousands of years old.But what’s actually more impressive? An artifact existing for&nbsp;a thousand years in some stuffy museum&nbsp;or one that makes it through a&nbsp;couple years&nbsp;of not falling off your mantle or getting chewed by your dog?&nbsp; Maybe we should all be grateful not just&nbsp;that there are forgotten pieces of priceless art out there that survive the test of time, but that there are antiquities that somehow manage to&nbsp;survive the rigors of everyday home use. &nbsp;Read on to go on a global tour of the most shocking and valuable pieces of art to have been found in the most unexpected, unassuming&nbsp;places.

Nine Times A Priceless Piece Of Artwork Was Found Being Used As Common Household Item

9 Valuable Pieces of Artwork Found Being Used as Everyday Items

Lists about polite manners, celebrations, and cultural traditions around the world.

Strange Customs & Rituals

Customs & Rituals

Crazy&nbsp;rites of passage into manhood have&nbsp;been around for a long time. Throughout history, humans have come up with some pretty bizarre, and sometimes violent, methods for their children to prove themselves worthy enough to call themselves men. Nowadays, in much of the developed world, becoming a man consists of&nbsp;surviving&nbsp;to the age of 18, at which point&nbsp;you can buy all the vape&nbsp;juice and pornography your heart desires. However, there are still some cultures in the world today that have held on to their ancient practices, and these brutal male rites of passage will make you more than happy to start paying your own cell phone bill.

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