Here's How Joseph Stalin's Cannibal Island Was Discovered By The Public
Russia's Joseph Stalin was famous for his brutality, but few knew about Cannibal Island, a particularly sadistic labor camp. Here's how the public found out.
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Adolf Hitler Had A Pungent Medical Condition
Adolph Hitler has gone down in history as one of the most despised people to have ever lived. His politics were bad enough; personal contact was no picnic.
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What Is The VX Nerve Agent That Was Used To Kill Kim Jong-Un's Brother In 2017?
Few weapons made by man have been so ruthlessly effective and so terrifying as chemical weapons. Here's the nerve agent that killed Kim John-un's brother.
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Why Did Muammar Gaddafi Decide To End Libya's Nuclear Weapons Program?
Late in 2003, longtime dictator of Libya Muammar Gaddafi admitted to having a secret nuclear arms program and agreed to give it up. So why did he do it?
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The Myth You Need To Stop Believing About Fidel Castro And Baseball
There is a long-standing myth about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro nearly making it into Major League Baseball in the United States.
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Adolf Hitler's Wedding Officiant Never Even Met Him Before
Wartime brings its unique pressures and stresses on everyone, from civilians at home to national leadership. Even mundane acts can become difficult.
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What The Wives Of These Famous Dictators Were Really Like
While dictators committed genocides and flooded their countries with propaganda, their wives were often at their sides, typically looking glamorous.
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Ruthless Dictators You Probably Haven't Heard Of
While these dictators might not have had the infamy or death count of some of the most notorious rulers, they have certainly left their cruel mark on the world.
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The Grim Truth About The Woman Who Raised Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein's mother is described as cold and domineering. Here is the grim truth about the woman who raised a mass-murdering dictator.
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Inside Vladimir Putin And Kim Jong-Un's Relationship
Vladimir Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-Un of North Korea have some things in common: a shared border, a history with communism. Is there more to the story?
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What Really Happened After Joseph Stalin Died?
Notorious dictator and Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin died after suffering a stroke in 1953. So what happened after he died? Let's take a look.
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What Really Happened After Mao Zedong Died?
There was no clear successor to Mao Zedong in the period immediately following his death, and it seemed like power would be vested in the "Gang of Four."
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What Really Happened After Adolf Hitler Died?
Death of a national executive can create a leadership vacuum. Adolf Hitler committed suicide in April 1945 -- was there some kind of line of succession?
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Bizarre Ways Americans Tried To Assassinate Fidel Castro
In 1959, the Cuban Revolution marked a seismic shift in the history of the 20th century and reshaped the world's geopolitical map for generations to come.
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The Ill-Fated Canadian Behind Saddam Hussein's Space Gun
Efforts to reduce spaceflight cost have often been plagued by actually higher costs and substantial failure rates. One idea showed promise: the space gun.
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How Joseph Stalin Was Even More Evil Than You Think
Joseph Stalin once claimed that "if only one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that's only [a] statistic."
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Enemies Of Putin Who Have Died
Since Vladimir Putin became Russia's president, dozens of journalists have been murdered and many of his critics have ended up dead. Here are just a few.
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How Saddam Hussein Was Even More Evil Than You Think
Many might remember the news reporting on the capture, trial, and execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. And he was even more evil than you think.
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The Truth About Saddam Hussein's Corpse
"Saddam Hussein is now a prisoner of the U.S. government." Those words, spoken by news anchor Dan Rather, were delivered to the public on December 13, 2003
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The Truth About The Peaceful Saddam Hussein Heist
Let's take a look at how Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq, stole a ridiculous amount of money from his own country's central bank.
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Here's How Joseph Stalin Would've Looked In Color
Born into poverty in 1878, Joseph Stalin would become the dictator of the Soviet Union and be remembered for his ruthless reign of terror.
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Here's What Benito Mussolini Would've Looked Like In Color
As this was the mid 20th century, color photography was not as common, and most photos of Benito Mussolini were in black and white.
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What Really Happened To Francisco Franco's Corpse?
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died an old man in 1975. As with other dead dictators, people were divided about what to do with his body.
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How Cambodia's Pol Pot Became One Of The World's Worst Dictators
With his Khmer Rouge party, Pol Pot ruled over Cambodia so brutally that up to 2 million people were worked to death or starved to death.
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The Dark Secret About Fidel Castro The US Government Tried To Hide
The government of the United States ultimately took matters to an extreme when it tasked the CIA with assassinating the revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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These Three Dictators Were Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize
The story of the Nobel Peace Prize reads even more strangely when you take into account some of the figures who have previously been nominated for the award.
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Here's What Happened To The Bodies Of These Dictators
From being embalmed for eternal display to being stolen from their graves, here's what happened to the bodies of some of the most notorious dictators.
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