The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale
17th century Hungarian serial killer Countess Elizabeth Báthory was as horrifying as mythical Count Dracula
John Cazale, the actor who appeared in only five movies, all nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award
A dance to die for: The mysterious phenomenon of Medieval Europe that drove people to dance until collapse