The Killer Turtle: The Most Ridiculous Deaths in History

Caligula - The Eccentric Emperor Who Appointed His Horse Consul

Nero - The Megalomaniac Who Burned Rome and Persecuted Christians

Emperor Meiji – The Emperor Who Invented Modern Japan

Qin Shi Huang - The Authoritarian Unifier of China and Father of the Terracotta Army

Louis XIV, the Sun King – The Monarch Who Became a Living God

Emperor Zhengde - The Imaginative Emperor Ming and His Alter Egos

Suleiman the Magnificent – The Sultan Who Frightened Europe

Ibrahim I, the Madman - The Paranoid Ottoman Sultan

Elizabeth I – The Queen Who Defeated an Empire

Ivan IV - The Terrible Russian Tsar

Did this dog change the course of the war? (The Story of Juliana the Dog) #curiosity

Ashoka the Great – The Emperor Who Surrendered to Peace

Joanna I of Castile - The Obsessive Queen Prisoner of Her Own Grief

A VOICE brought two countries to war #history #historicalcuriosities

Octavian (Caesar Augustus) The Man Who Invented the Roman Empire

Frederick William I - The Austere Soldier King Who Was Fascinated by Giants

Alexander the Great – The King Who Never Lost

“Creative” Medieval Medicine

Charles VI of France - The Delirious King Who Believed He Was Made of Glass

Christina of Sweden - The Provocative Monarch Who Abdicated and Converted

Surgery without Anesthesia: The Terror of the Middle Ages

Ohaguro – The Bizarre Beauty Ritual of Feudal Japan

Tsujigiri – The Brutal Test of the Sword That Shattered the Night

Kaiken – The Deadly Dagger of Samurai Women

M1903 Springfield – The deadly American sniper rifle

Kubi-Jikken – The Cold Ritual of the Head and Glory on the Battlefield

Colt M1911 – The Unstoppable Pistol That Made History

M1917 Enfield – The rugged rifle that dominated the front

Yobai – The Secret and Unusual Courtship of the Night

M1905 Bayonet – The Brutal Bayonet for Hand-to-Hand Combat in the Trenches

Mizu-shōbai – The Enigmatic Nightlife of Geisha Culture

Colt M1917 Revolver – The Tough Revolver That Saved Lives

Chonmage – The Fierce Ponytail That Defined a Warrior

Browning M1917 – The Relentless Machine Gun of Static Warfare

Winchester M1897 – The Devastating Pump-Action Shotgun of the Trenches

Kagemusha – The Shadow Warrior's Brilliant Staging

They Bathed Once a Year – Medieval Curiosities #history #education #curiosity

Tower of London – Prison and Royal Palace - The Most Famous Castles in History

They Preferred Chubby Girls – Standards of Beauty in History #history

The Brilliant Napoleonic Cavalry – The Greatest Cavalry Forces in History

Chambord Castle and the Impressive French Renaissance Architecture - The Most Famous Castles

Cossack Cavalry – The Indomitable Warriors of the Steppes – The Best Cavalry Forces

Warwick Castle – Medieval Fortress - Most Famous Castles in History

The Incredible Mamluk Cavalry – The Greatest Cavalry Forces in History

Alhambra - The Most Famous Castles in History

The Deadly Samurai Cavalry of Feudal Japan – The Greatest Cavalry Forces in History

Bran Castle – Home of Count Dracula - The Most Famous Castles in History