by Thomas B. | Sep 7, 2022 | Articles, Military/War, People
When you think about it, Erwin Rommel was an artist and a creative genius in his own way. Rommel was respected and feared in the same time, and his enemies gave him the nickname “Desert Fox” for his intelligence, wittiness, innovative strategy and military genius. His...
by Thomas B. | Sep 6, 2022 | Articles, Crime
Valerio Viccei, a man already wanted for more than 50 armed robberies in Italy, almost committed a perfect crime in 1987 in London. Valerio walked with his assistant in a bank, and they stole nearly $100 million. To be exact, $97 million. After walking into a bank,...
by Thomas B. | Sep 6, 2022 | Articles, History, Strange
The story of Atlantis, a legendary lost island was first told by Plato, in his dialogues “Timaeus” and “Critias”. Both were written about 330 BC. In his stories, Plato describes Atlantis as a legendary island, idealizing it as an advanced society where utopia...
by Thomas B. | Sep 5, 2022 | Articles, History
Before we go over the list of most controversial Roman Emperors, we must define what classifies as controversial? Is it simply being bad emperor? Or is it something more? By a definition, a good Roman emperor was anyone who ruled more than 10 years, because at the...
by Thomas B. | Sep 5, 2022 | Articles, Strange
On January 9, 1943, Christopher Columbus believed he saw three mermaids. He was sailing off the coast of the Dominican Republic, six months after sailing off from Spain. Heading across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a western route to Asia, not knowing he will be the...