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Gilles de Rais (1404-1440). Breton baron, marshal of France. Fought in guards of Joan of Arc. Accused of being serial killer of children.

Gilles de Rais: History’s First Serial Killer?

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Election - Button that says Vote. Badge pin stars and stripes politics campaign

Why Are U.S. Elections Held on Tuesdays?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, illustration after a painting by J. Mund.

10 Famous Duels

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Latin inscription in the Colosseum, Rome, 5th century.

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Italic languages

Italic languages

Map showing the approximate extent of the Italic and neighbouring languages about...

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