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Buckle in for the first installment of a series on assholes, heroes, and geniuses of history! First, we cover Shirō Ishii, the villainous doctor behind "research facility" Unit 731 in WWII-era Japan. We also learn about Grigori Rasputin, the cult leader-turned-royal advisor to Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra on the eve of the Russian Revolution. It gets dark in this one y'all.
By Sara Snyder and Lindsay Abraham5
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Buckle in for the first installment of a series on assholes, heroes, and geniuses of history! First, we cover Shirō Ishii, the villainous doctor behind "research facility" Unit 731 in WWII-era Japan. We also learn about Grigori Rasputin, the cult leader-turned-royal advisor to Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra on the eve of the Russian Revolution. It gets dark in this one y'all.