Throughout Philip Seymour Hoffman's all-too-brief 22-year acting career, his roles were wide-ranging, his love for the craft was well-known, and he was eventually considered to be the best of his generation. But his genius had a dark side.
On the eve of the Battle of the Somme, the stage was set and the tactics laid out perfectly—only for things to immediately go off the rails.
Agnes Moorehead played the overbearing mother-in-law on Bewitched—but what her real-life son suffered was far worse than anything she did on TV.
Few people know about one of history's greatest sibling rivalries: the intense conflict between Albert and Hermann Göring, the rebel and war criminal.
The 1980 Olympics were intense for more than one reason. But one of the biggest surprises was when the US hockey team beat the Soviets. This is the story of the "Miracle on Ice".
Because General George Patton Jr knew nothing but conflict, so he was very good at what he did—but there was a dark side to his brilliance.
Some are enshrined in history through many acts of bravery. But some earn their place after only one. Grace Darling’s life wasn’t long enough for her to perform several different deeds, but she still left a mark on the world through one important choice.
Dale Evans reigned as “Queen of the West”, with a career spanning several decades. And while she was no stranger to tragedy, her end was both heartbreaking and chilling.
Times of international conflict usually stimulate the scientific field to innovate new ideas. Some of these ideas are better than others—and some are straight-up weird. These are the weirdest weapons of World War II.
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