How a bit of nutmeg, cinnamon, and black pepper set off bloody conflicts and discovery of the New World
An English pub keeper who mesmerized with tall tales led to today’s “World’s Biggest Liar” competition
Gambler William Brodie, Edinburgh’s “real” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, had keys to every rich family’s house
Before Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis came Sister Rosetta Tharpe, considered the godmother of rock & roll
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