Harald "Hardrada" Sigurdsson was a Viking mercenary in the Byzantine Varangian Guard and eventual King of Norway who threw his hat in the ring to conquer England in 1066. He lived an extraordinary life traveling far and wide participating in campaigns against Muslim Caliphates, Bulgarian rebels, and other Norsemen. Find out why he is often considered "The Last Viking."


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Moe Berg was a defense-first journeyman catcher for the Dodgers, White Sox, Indians, and Red Sox who faced the likes of Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. He also had multiple Ivy League degrees and was such a trusted spy for the OSS during World War II that FDR personally sent him on missions. But above all, he was kind of a weird guy.

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Jefferson Davis was a malcontent long before the American Civil War. The Eggnog Riot or Grog Mutiny was an 1826 drunken Christmas rebellion by dozens of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point including the future President of the Confederate State of America firmly in the midst of the party gone horribly wrong.

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Forget puking secretaries and handsy office creeps, BY FAR the worst company Christmas party in American history happened on Christmas Eve in Michigan in 1913 when a group of striking miners had their party tragically and violently ruined by strike breaking goons.

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U.S. Army Air Corps pilots Kenneth Taylor and George Welch had a few days off in tropical paradise and decided to let loose at an officer Christmas party. They parlay that into an all night poker game before eventually getting to bed -- three sheets to the wind -- at around 7 am...December 7th, 1941. 

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Samuel Whittemore fought in the American Revolution. He fought despite the fact that he was born in 1696. At 78 years old, Whittemore, who'd already served in two wars prior to the American Revolution, ambushed a British unit, completely by himself. Why? Because the man was A) a fierce patriot who'd been heavily involved in colonial politics for over a decade, and B) an absolute animal. Find out about Whittemore's life and what happened when he took on an entire British unit by himself in 1775 after the Battles of Lexington and Concord. 

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The real story behind Thanksgiving.

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Mitsuyasu Maeno was Japan's last kamikaze pilot, but there were a couple of other interesting things about him. First off, he was BORN in 1946, a year after World War 2 ended. Second, he was one of Japan's most famous porn actors. Find out how and why he ended up kamikazing a plane for the glory of Japan.

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Peter Francisco was an absolute mountain of a man who served in the Continental Army during the American Revoltuion as a teenager. Often refered to as the Virginia Giant, this Portugese orphan turned freedom fighter was Washington's One Man Army who played a pivotal role in multiple battles with his sheer size and strength.

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