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The real unsung heroes in American history aren’t just African Americans; they are African American women who often took a backseat to the accomplishments of men. Here are ten amazing women you likely never learned about during Black History Month, presented in no particular order. 10 Diane Nash Diane Nash was born in 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, where she was raised far from the disturbing segregation that was rampant in the South at the time....

After a dam broke in the town of Frejus in 1959, a woman asked President Charles de Gaulle to allow her to marry her fiance who had died in the accident. A law was passed permitting her to do so. Read on for stories about some of the posthumous marriages that have taken place in China, France, and beyond. 10 Cecelia Kleiman And Isaac Woginiak Just because you can’t normally marry a dead person in the United States doesn’t mean that people haven’t tried....

Cause: China Attacks a United States Ally All nations with democratic governments are U. S. allies, to one degree or another. When Communist North Vietnam invaded Democratic South Vietnam, the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War escalated to full-scale land and air engagements versus the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong. This was because the U. S. had pledged its support to any democratic nation under attack by different foreign governments, especially Communism....

Merriam-Webster Dictionary officially defines the term as “a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion, and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous.” Cults sometimes aren’t even based on religion. Often these social groups are founded on a certain way of living, and each member is devoted to that unusual belief. Some of your favorite faces from the big screen have been swayed to take part in, help, or even grow some of the biggest, most well-known cults around....

History tells of many other rulers who were crowned heads of their respective territories before reaching the age of majority. Like the young King Tut, these child rulers saw not only their reigns but also their lives come to a startlingly and tragic early end. 10 Lungtok Gyatso, Ninth Dalai Lama (1805–1815) The Ninth Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso, was born in 1805 in a little village called Dan Chokhor in Kham, Tibet....

10Family Dollar Unpaid Overtime And Backbreaking Work Ever since the Great Recession hit, there’s been an explosion in dollar stores: Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree… how can all these places stay in business with such low prices? Easy—they punish their employees. Since the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, companies have been forced to pay their hourly employees time and a half for overtime. This means that most stores have an incentive to cap a worker’s week at 40 hours....

Over the Pacific Ocean, however, something went very wrong, and Earhart, Noonan, and their plane disappeared. Search efforts were unsuccessful, and on January 5, 1939, she was declared dead in absentia. What really happened to Amelia Earhart? These following theories all attempt to shine a light on the mystery. 10 She Crashed Near Buka Island In 2011, locals in Papua New Guinea claimed they found parts of the wreckage of Earhart’s plane on a reef near Buka Island, Bougainville....

And, of course, the jewel thief has long been a romantic figure in fiction. From A.J. Raffles, Edwardian gentleman and amateur safecracker, in the novels by E.W. Hornung to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant as the devilishly handsome cat burglar,[1] jewel thieves have always captured our imagination. Here are ten jewel thieves who totally got away with their crimes. 10 The Thief Who Brought Chocolate Antwerp in Belgium has been the diamond capital of the world since the 15th century....

Although disasters are horrific, they often expose weaknesses in the safety laws and regulations designed to protect people from the property loss, injury, and death that such events typically cause. Sometimes, disasters also indicate a need for new ordinances. Often, such events motivate officials to take administrative, legislative, and judicial actions that are long overdue. Here are 10 disasters that sparked new safety laws and regulations. 10 Black Death In October 1347, a dozen Genoese ships, having sailed through the Black Sea, docked at Messina, Sicily....

The British government introduced the Anatomy Act of 1832 in an attempt to increase the availability of bodies for medical schools and put a stop to body snatching and murder. The Act ended the use of dissection as a punishment for murder and allowed unclaimed bodies from public institutions, such as hospitals and workhouses, to be used for dissection instead. However, the Act did not fix the shortage of bodies, and the low supply was still not enough to satisfy, especially in London....

10 She Witnessed Cruelty In Her Childhood While very little is written about Bathory’s childhood, there is one particular incident that may have introduced her to the cruelty of the world. It’s believed that when Bathory was aged 6–11, a band of gypsies came to entertain her family’s court. While they were there, news came to light that one of the gypsies had sold his children to the Turks. Given the constant war with the Turks, the man was viewed as an enemy and was sentenced to death....

10 Yves Saint-Laurent Yves Saint-Laurent was born in Algeria in 1936. He was a timid, sensitive child who was bullied at school but escaped to Paris aged 17 after winning a prestigious design competition. Saint-Laurent was soon hired by couturier Christian Dior and his fresh designs transformed the brand’s traditional image. When Dior died suddenly in 1957, Saint-Laurent became head designer. Saint-Laurent’s edgy futuristic themes did not impress Dior’s longstanding clients and when he was called up by the French Army in 1960, his employers were happy to let him go....

10 The Cyrus Cylinder In 1879, archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam was excavating in Mesopotamia when he uncovered a number of clay tablets which provided us with an unparalleled look at the ancient world. Among them was the Cyrus Cylinder, a document written in cuneiform script which, according to some, represents the oldest charter on human rights. The cylinder was created around 538 BC, shortly after Persian King Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon....

10 Korea Or Corea The word “Korea” was derived from the Koryo dynasty, which was called “Gaoli” in Chinese and “Korai” in Japanese. The first Western reference to the country was from the 13th-century Franciscan friar William of Rubruck, who called it “Caule.” Over the centuries, Westerners used various forms, “Corea” appearing in the 16th century and “Korea” in the 18th. By the 20th century, “Korea” was accepted in English, while variations of “Corea” were used in Romance languages....

Many who preform and even receive these acts see nothing wrong with the practice. However, this procedure is extremely invasive, controlling, and often deadly, as well as a massive violation of human rights. 10The Health Risks Are Severe And Often Deadly There are zero health benefits from female genital mutilation, only health risks that are often deadly. Some of the immediate results of female genital mutilation are severe pain, excessive bleeding, the swelling of the genital tissue, fever, infections, tearing of the genital area, problems with urination, inability for the tissue to properly heal, injury to the surrounding genital tissue, and in severe cases shock and death....

Perhaps one of the greatest scam artists to ever walk this Earth was P.T Barnum. He made his entire livelihood by ripping people off. So, it’s no surprise that people seem to remember the above quote as something he said. However, as tricky as he was, Barnum was never that pretentious. The true story is actually quite a bit deeper. In 1869, a man names David Hannum was exhibitoning a giant statue and charging people to come see it....

10They Made Beer Many Native American groups mastered beer-making in antiquity. Southwestern Pueblos was thought to have hung on to their sobriety until the 16th-century arrival of the Spanish, who brought grapes. Recently, 800-year-old pottery shards were examined. They belonged to the Pueblos who historians had believed stayed dry, while other tribes consumed a weak corn beer called tiswin. This didn’t make sense to archaeologist Glenna Dean. Refusing to believe that this New Mexico group could be so isolated and out of touch with neighboring tribes, she took the shards to Sandia National Laboratories....

Psychiatrist Joel Gold from New York began to notice the phenomenon of several patients believing that the people in their lives are reading from a script and that everything is being filmed. Many of them even brought up The Truman Show by name in order to get Dr. Gold to understand how they felt. Together with his brother, philosopher Ian Gold, they decided to coin this form of mental illness as the Truman Show delusion (also called Truman syndrome) in their book, Suspicious Minds: How Culture Shapes Madness....

10A Maid Was In The House During The Murders Andrew Borden was found on the first floor, in the sitting room. There was a huge gash in his left temple that was possibly made when the dull side of the axe was pounded into his head. Lizzie’s stepmother was found upstairs on the floor between a bed and dressing case. Lizzie said she was out back in the barn when she heard a thump and a groan....

10Zippo Lighter Bombs These days, it seems like everyone is obsessed with terrorists and all the attention they receive. Whether it’s because they bring a new level of destruction to guerilla warfare or because the stories are just so horrifying, people just can’t get enough. Many can’t recall that, in wars past, similar effects could be achieved with much less destruction—that is, as long as a little creativity was used. Perhaps the best example of this is the Zippo lighter bomb of the Viet Cong....