Thomas Lyle Williams created the first Maybelline mascara using petroleum jelly, coal dust, and ashes of a burnt cork
Insanely valuable stolen paintings that are still missing: Works by Van Gogh, Vermeer, Rembrandt, and more
Visionary architect Antoni Gaudí never managed to finish the magnificent Sagrada Familia because he was hit by a tram and, mistaken as a beggar, left on the street
The actor who portrayed the X-wing pilot Jek Porkins in “Star Wars: A New Hope” was interviewed after the JFK assassination
When license plates first appeared in the U.S., drivers competed to obtain the plates with the lowest numbers as a status symbol
A concrete dome on Runit Island in the Pacific Ocean contains 111,000 cubic yards of radioactive debris
Tormented at school, Graham Greene suffered from depression since childhood and attempted suicide by playing Russian roulette
In 1903, two men and a dog made the first documented automobile journey from San Francisco to New York City
Glenn Gould was an eccentric virtuoso who insisted on his childhood piano chair throughout his entire career and hummed loudly while playing