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Remarkable People

Historical and contemporary figures with lives full of unexpected decisions, unusual talents, records and unforgettable stories.

Remarkable People

Sherlock Holmes’s Mental Library

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Genghis Khan’s Impossible Strategy

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The Year Rasputin Became a Legend

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Cleopatra and the Real Woman Behind the Myth

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Alexander the Great’s Strangest Campaign

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Napoleon Bonaparte: 10 Things You Probably Weren’t Told in Class

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Juan Tamariz: The Magician Who Turned a Deck of Cards Into a Show

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Vesna Vulović: The Flight Attendant Who Survived a 33,000-Foot Fall

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Timothy Treadwell: The Grizzly Bear Man’s Shocking Death

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Timothy Treadwell: The Fatal Obsession with Alaska’s Grizzly Bears

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Mehran Karimi Nasseri: The Refugee Who Lived at an Airport for 18 Years

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Tarrare: The 18th-Century Man Who Could Never Stop Eating

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Ashrita Furman: The Record-Breaking Quest to Set Guinness Records