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Top 10 Famous People that Nobody Can Identify When one changes the world, they can at least expect to be remembered. History is littered with people who stumbled into achievements. Only a select elite get their name jotted down in the textbooks. For a distinct few, their achievement gets recorded, while their name fades into obscurity. Everyone knows the following 10 iconic cultural and historical moments, but nobody knows who is responsible for them. 10 The Youngest Olympian It must stink when a total stranger can do your job better than you can, especially when you are supposed be the best...

Anne S. K. Brown Collection at Brown University, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain When the Revolutionary War broke out, Benedict Arnold became one of America’s first military heroes. But within a few short years, patriots were comparing him unfavorably to the man who betrayed Jesus. As a disgusted Benjamin Franklin wrote to the Marquis de Lafayette, “Judas sold only one man, Arnold three millions [sic].” That Arnold defected to the British army in 1780 is common knowledge. But before he switched allegiances, he engineered some crucial victories for the colonist rebels and, by all acco...

it was actually my husband's idea to do the book, and the minute he said the word i knew that's who i wanted to write about, and i couldn't possibly tell you why. but the minute i started doing a little bit of research i got absolutely intrigued because i wanted to know why he did it. it's like a detective story. here was this able, intelligent, marvelous soldier, a great leader of men, very articulate in the cause of his country. why in the world did this man give it all up and turn his coat? i had to know why. i got totally hooked. c-span: is this your first book? >> guest: no, the...