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### The True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’ and the Assassination of James A. Garfield

Charles Guiteau’s bullet didn’t kill the 20th president—it was ignorance, pride, and the tools meant to save his life.

By Tyler Piccotti

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### Charles Guiteau Failed at Everything in Life—Until He Shot and Killed President James A. Garfield

He thought God chose him for greatness. Netflix’s new series *Death by Lightning* reveals how that delusion ended in a shocking assassination.

By Michael Natale

### Dick Cheney Lived Without a Pulse. Literally.

By Michael Natale

### Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Euphoria’ Role Almost Didn’t Happen

By Catherine Caruso

### Was Aileen Wuornos the First Female Serial Killer?

By Tyler Piccotti

### The Real Romance That Inspired ‘Nobody Wants This’

By Catherine Caruso

## Notable Now

### James A. Garfield

### Dick Cheney

### Chester A. Arthur

### Nancy Pelosi

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## True Crime

### Aileen Wuornos

Serial killer Aileen Wuornos led a vagabond lifestyle as a sex worker before she was found guilty of murdering six men in Florida in 1989 and 1990.

By Biography.com Editors, Catherine Caruso and Sara Kettler

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### The True Story Behind ‘The Monster of Florence’

### John Stanfa and Joey Merlino from ‘Mob War’ Now

### The True Story of the Philly Mob’s ‘Chicken Man’

### John Wayne Gacy

### What Happened to Ed Gein’s Infamous House?

### Daughter of the BTK Killer Speaks in New Doc

### FBI's New D.B. Cooper File Reveals New Facts

### Did Ed Gein Help Capture Ted Bundy?

## People You Should Know

### These 10 Latin Artists Changed Music Forever. Here’s How They Did It.

Bad Bunny, Shakira, and Selena are just a few artists who have popularized Latin music in the United States.

By Catherine Caruso

### 10 of the Greatest Hispanic American Athletes

By Tyler Piccotti

### 24 Influential Hispanic Americans Who Made History

By Daisy Hernandez, Biography.com Editors and Ale Russian

### 22 Famous Scientists You Should Know

By Tyler Piccotti

### 10 Famous Explorers Who Connected the World

## Athletes

### John Cena

### Shohei Ohtani

### Aaron Judge

### Cristiano Ronaldo

## Musicians

### Selena Quintanilla

### Inside Selena’s Final Days and Murder

### The Beatles & Muhammad Ali

### The Jersey Shore Inspired Bruce Springsteen’s Work

## BIO Buys

### Best Books of 2025 According to Amazon Editors

### Leighton Meester Loves This $10 Lip Serum for Hydration

### 21 Must-Have Gifts for History Lovers

### The Best Gifts for College Students

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## Culture

### An Edmund Fitzgerald Artifact is Stuck in Court

By Michael Natale

### How Lucretia Garfield Saved Her Husband’s Legacy

By Catherine Caruso

### Mary Todd Lincoln Shut Herself in the White House

### Who Is the Real Ophelia from Taylor Swift’s Album?

By Tyler Piccotti

## Scientists

### Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 Quest

### James D. Watson

### Jane Goodall

### How Jane Goodall Became a Chimp Expert

## Political Figures

### Calvin Coolidge

### Martin Van Buren

### How a Metal Detector Failed to Save James Garfield

### 8 U.S. Presidents Who Have Died While in Office

## Activists

### The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

### How the Greensboro Four Began the Sit-In Movement

### Who Founded Labor Day? One of These Two Men

### Alice Paul

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