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The General Who Tried to Free Thomas Jefferson's Slaves
Tadeusz Kościuszko fortified Bemis Heights and West Point, then in a 5 May 1798 will asked Thomas Jefferson to use his American property to purchase, free, and educate enslaved peo
The Chicken Farmer Who Fooled Hitler
Joan Pujol García — codename Garbo — was rejected by Britain, became a Nazi spy, invented 27 fake agents from a Lisbon library, and helped deceive Hitler on D-Day. The on
The Tragic Savior of Mothers
The story of Ignaz Semmelweis, the 19th-century doctor who discovered hand disinfection with chlorinated lime, lowered maternal mortality to near zero, and died in an asy