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Mental retardation is generally understood to be the lack of normal intellectual development. It was one of the most misunderstood conditions before the advent of modern medicine and there were literally hundreds of pseudo-scientific terms used to describe it. Not surprisingly, the practice of inbreeding helped stack royal courts with hundreds of mentally retarded heirs. Occasionally, one would manage to make it to the throne. These are the stories of 6 of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Plato once said, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”  If the internet has proven one thing it is that there is someone out there for everyone.  This is a list of 10 people from different parts of history that were also famous for being ugly by their society’s standards.  You’ll find philosophers, sideshow freaks, politicians, and even a queen. Read the rest of this entry »