They slowly grow and they slowly die: A Bristlecone pine was found to be an astonishing 5,065 years old
Bombshell Mae West did not begin her career in films until she was almost 40, became second highest paid person in America
Herman Kahn: The physicist, nuclear-war strategist, and Cold War “scenario planner” who inspired Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove”
When Thanksgiving resembled Halloween and “Ragamuffin Day” parades of costumed children mocked the poor
The real “Sound of Music”: Moody Maria married a man 25 years her senior, the family lost their wealth before WWII, and she sold her autobiography to Hollywood for $9,000
After being lost for 132 years, Steamboat Arabia was unearthed with its cargo remarkably intact, including a jar of edible pickles
Holly Golightly would be “divinely and utterly happy,” because now, finally, it’s possible to have breakfast at Tiffany’s
Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie, and during WWII, when Massachusetts servicemen received them in care packages, it led to a full-fledged cookie craze