Born in 1867 on a Louisiana plantation, Sarah Breedlove became the first child in her family born free after the abolition of slavery. Orphaned by the age of seven and forced to work as a domestic servant, she received little formal education but refused to let poverty define

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    In Back to the Future (1985) when Marty McFly scares George McFly into following his plan, the cassette he plays him is labelled as "Edward Van Halen". This is because the band de…

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    Ingrid Bergman had an affair with a womanizing Italian director & bore him a child out of wedlock. The affair was so vilified that a U.S. senator took to the Senate floor in 1…

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    Pictured below in a hospital bed is 12-year-old Piedad Martínez del Águila, the eldest of ten children born to a Spanish working-class family. As the oldest, Piedad was burdened w…

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    In 2012, a British couple, John and Frances Canning, sent a lighthearted invitation to Queen Elizabeth II for their wedding, which was taking place at the Manchester Town Hall on…

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    A cabin on board the Aachen, a 19th-century steamship hit by a torpedo in July 1915. Now located at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. More rare historical photos:

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    Cat saves her kittens from cobra attack. The scariest animals on earth:

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