Antonio López de Santa Ana was a conniving leader who liked to play both sides of a conflict for his own personal gain, and he was both lionized and reviled.
Civil rights activist and recent Google Doodle honoree Elizabeth Peratrovich was responsible for the United States' very first anti-discrimination law.
Funny, talented, busy? Checks across the board. But what many don't know about Cheech Marin is that he's been quietly collecting Chicano art since the 1980s.
Lost in the confusion of his assassination was the reaction of his wife, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, and what happened to her after he was assassinated.
When the rhetoric around us can seem more combative and divisive than ever, a simple message of kindness and understanding can have even greater impact.
Attila the Hun cuts an intimidating figure across history, but not much is really known about him. Historians suspect that many ideas about Attila are false.