To overthrow President Batista's tyrannical government, Fidel Castro led a band of guerilla farmers in the Cuban Revolution — and was successful. Cuban rebels armed to the teeth in Havana, Cuba. 1959.Lester Cole/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Argentinian rebel Ernesto Che Guevara. Cuba. Circa 1959.Joseph Scherschel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Cuban President Fulgencio Batista speaks from the balcony of his presidential palace. Havana, Cuba. April 19, 1957.Getty Images Castro and his rebels hiding in the jungles of Cuba. Read More...
According to Anatoly Fomenko's New Chronology, history as we know it was fabricated by Christian scholars. Discover why he believes it and why he's not 100 percent crazy.Valentin Kuzmin/TASS/Getty ImagesAnatoly Fomenko delivers a lecture to students of Lomonosov Moscow State University. 1972.
Almost everything you thought you knew about history is wrong. The Roman Empire emerged in the late Middle Ages, not the eighth century B.C. In fact, Ancient Rome, Greece, and Egypt as we know them didn’t exist at all. Read More...
Known for both eating his own feces and mutilating himself on stage, GG Allin was perhaps the most shocking musician in history — until his dramatic death at just 36 in 1993.Many words have been used to describe GG Allin. “Individualist,” “anti-authoritarian,” and “unique” are among the nicest. “Violent,” “chaotic,” and “madman” are some others.
All of those identifiers are true, but if you asked GG Allin how he would describe himself, he’d say just one thing: “the last true rock and roller. Read More...
