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History isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy. That's the kind of history you'll find in The Greatest Stories Never Told.
This is history candy -- the good stuff. Here are 100 tales to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy: more than two thousand years of history filled with courage, cowardice, hope, triumph, sex, intrigue, folly, humor, and ambition. It's a historical delight and a visual feast with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and maps that bring each story to life. A new discovery waits on every page: stories that changed the course of history and stories that affected what you had for breakfast this morning.
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The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beerSome Roman officials were so corrupt that they actually stole time itselfThree cigars changed the course of the Civil WarThe Scottish kilt was invented by an EnglishmanBased on the popular Timelab 2000® history minutes hosted by Sam Waterston on The History Channel®, this collection of fascinating historical tidbits will have you shaking your head in wonder and disbelief. But they're all true. And you'll soon find yourself telling them to your friends.
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Think that world events can't get much more UNBELIEVABLE than what you see on the evening news?
- The Greatest Stories Never Told reveals over 230 amazing but true, history-altering tales that will make you gasp, laugh, and wonder how on Earth they have been kept under wraps until now!
Marvel at the surprising accounts of ...
- A U.S president who was an executioner before his White House tenure -- and another president who regularly skinny-dipped in public while he was in office
- Why Kaiser Willhelm dared Annie Oakley to shoot at him -- and how she hit her target!
- How a booming business at Domino's Pizza signaled the beginning of a major war
Entertaining, educational and utterly addictive, The Greatest Stories Never Told offers countless hours of pleasurable reading, and refreshing new perspectives of the most famous (and infamous) people in modern history.