If you thought that obsessive royal-watching was a pastime established during the days of Princess Diana, you'd be wrong. As long as there have been …
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How Centuries of Inbreeding Led to the Distinctive 'Habsburg Jaw'
Few royal families have drawn more attention than the Habsburgs. Who were they? And what's the story behind the Habsburg jaw? Plus, read the stories of other famous families in history.
Other Famous Families in History
For more than three centuries (1434-1737), the fabulously wealthy Medici family of Florence, Italy, was one of the most powerful and influential …
The grand American castle that may have inspired the super rich to "keep up with the Joneses" has become a crumbling ruin that sold for a measly …
For somewhere around 150 years, the Hatfields and the McCoys have been synonymous with bad neighbors. Theirs is the quintessential American feud, in …
When Marie Curie and her husband Pierre won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903, their older daughter Irène was just 6 years old. Little could they …
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