Jean-Paul Sartre’s bad mescaline trip led to the philosopher being followed by imaginary crabs for years
Patrick Stewart, prepared to play Data in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” was reluctant to audition for the captain
During WW2, the Nazis planned to drop a large amount of counterfeit money over Britain to disrupt its economy
In 1953, a limited edition of Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” featured books bound in asbestos to prevent them from burning
The Egyptian Museum staffers who secretly reattached the beard of Tutankhamun’s golden mask with glue will stand trial
Mario Puzo wrote a sequel to his blockbuster novel “The Godfather” that was based on a real Sicilian outlaw