Famous Figures
Famous Historical Figures You Didn’t Know Were Related
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Ronald Reagan was the first U.S. president to have been divorced.
Though he was married to his second wife when he took office in 1981, Ronald Reagan had previously been divorced, making him the first divorcé to serve as president of…
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One of the most famous naval heroes in history suffered from seasickness.
Britain’s celebrated Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was essentially the living embodiment of the hardscrabble “Four Yorkshiremen” of the classic Monty Python sketch. As a young naval officer, he lost sight…
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Pablo Picasso’s full name was more than 100 letters long.
Pablo Picasso is one of the most recognizable names in art history, but if the painter had opted to go by his full name, it’d be a lot harder to…
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The U.S. Presidents’ Favorite Books
In 1771, George Washington wrote, “I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.” He was the first of many United States…