Louis Armstrong controlled his weight by using laxatives and even published a book entitled “Lose Weight the Satchmo Way”
Before becoming the founder of the Impressionist movement, Claude Monet was an aspiring caricature artist
During the American Civil War, Walt Whitman volunteered as a nurse and treated wounded Union soldiers
In 1969, a group of Native Americans occupied Alcatraz Island to protest the policies of the US government
Vinegar Valentines were insult cards that helped to promote literacy among the lower classes in 19th century Britain