Five of the most incredible awe inspiring last stand stories from history. Warning, there is a little bit of myth in these

What if I told you we were living in one of the great dark ages of history? And how we lived and who we are will become one of the great mysteries of history?

Eliot Ness and the Untouchable are famous as the men who over 1930 and 1931 took down Al Scarface Capone the most feared gangster in America. Or did they? No, not really.

Cave men died in their 30's and Serfs in their 40's right? No. No they didn't

Did two Scottish serial killer help birth modern medical education? Yeah pretty much.

You've probably been taught at some point that more people speak Mandarin than English. But is it true? Yes, no, kindof.

The mandarin characters I mention in the episode are: 

舍 - House

川 - River

稻田 - Rice paddy

The character for house is not the common one but it is the best demonstration of the logographic elements of Mandarin

History is full of propaganda and one generations hero can quickly become the next generations arch villain

Henry David Thoreau, is the archetypal survivalist, naturalist, and self sufficiency expert. But how much of his story is true?

The One China Policy is rarely reported on accurately... but there is a reason for that

Dollars today are used in twenty countries and territories around the world. But why did the word dollar takeoff?