When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank: History's Unknown Chapters

Milton follows up his first book in the series, When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain, with 50 more tales of lesser-known history featuring aplomb and succinct storytelling, along with an engaging sense of humor. The book is divided into two parts of nine and eight chapters, respectively; the stories within contain just a few pages each but pack a wallop of amusing information. Readers will learn about the terrible experiment of the title involving Britain's Winston Churchill, as well as the prime minister's desire for chemical warfare in both World Wars. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's ruthlessness as a robber and his mysterious death in 1953 are both examined as well. Other stories include a Papal party (if it actually occurred) to shame modern college fraternity and sorority gatherings, the first group to reach the top of the Matterhorn (and the subsequent disaster on the way down), and the man who jumped out of a helium balloon 19 miles above the Earth 50 years before Felix Baumgartner made a viral video of the same act.