Other American espionage efforts were more successful than Hale’s, most notably the Culper Spy Ring, managed by Hale’s good friend and Yale classmate, Benjamin Tallmadge. The names of those involved in this successful ring were not revealed until over a century after the war had ended. Tallm...
astrology and spiritualism. Then there was a change of plan. The paranoid government’s legal experts sent her to be tried by jury at the Old Bailey for contravening section 4 of the Witchcraft Act 1735, which carried the heavier penalty of a prison sentence. ...
First of all, I agree with those of you who commented on how useful this article was. It really got me thinking and led me to look at a lot of areas of history that I “thought” I knew the facts. The comments, on both sides of the coin, have been equally informative and thought...
Married and bisexual, he was one of the first prominent men in Britain known to have contracted HIV and died of AIDS, although he hid the facts of his illness. Bruce Chatwin and his notebooks: Interview to the wife Elizabeth. BRUCE LEE - (1940-1973). Chinese American, martial artist, ...
there are some ill-fitting facts that hint at a more complex narrative than that of a mere wealth-seeking serial killer: There were multiple Parisians who said that “Dr. Eugène” had refunded their fees once he deemed they were not in actual danger. Additionally, records from police interv...
Editors Note: This is a developing story, and little is known about the facts surrounding the events except that they happened. The article will be updated when more information is published (if that happens). Please remember that, as with any rapidly developing story, the truth of these even...
they’re craving for your attention. Sites likeUnbelievable Facts(just a random site) are just wasting your time; pseudo-blogs likeInteresting Engineeringare stealing information from a plethora of sources, often not even mentioning them; the about 80 YouTube channels that Imightrecommend you (but...
Today, is is a pleasure to welcome Samantha Wilcoxson toHistory … the Interesting Bits, with an article about the research into her latest novel,But One Life, set during the American Revolution. Failed Spies: Hale and André Espionage played an important role during the American Revolution, wi...
Leave aside that we are getting the data from the surface of an alien planet nearly two AU’s distant at the moment, and that there are facts about to be learned in the next few months, which for millennia have been a total mystery and a cause for rapt wonder. But instead what have...
In modern America (as well as most “western” democracies) you have all the access to the facts you need to form your own opinion. Many Americans have the opinion that the former USSR hasn’t got it’s shit together yet. The positive outlook will come when corruption is contained, rule...