While working as a prop boy, John Wayne met Wyatt Earp; He later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Earp
Damascus blacksmiths had made steel blades with carbon nanotubes long before they were scientifically discovered
The Sears mail order homes: One of the first lines of do-it-yourself house kits produced from 1906 to 1940
Siberian mystery: In 1908 the most powerful explosion in documented history flattened millions of trees
The Hippie Trail, once a symbol of freedom and enlightenment, today is synonymous with danger and war