How a pig that loved potatoes brought England and U.S. to brink of war in 1859
Katia and Maurice Krafft had a passion for volcanoes, one that ultimately proved fatal
Peter Freuchen, a Danish explorer, writer, and Nazi Resistance fighter who amputated his frostbitten toes himself without anesthesia
Abbott and Costello were the highest paid entertainers of WWII, but away from the spotlight life wasn’t so joyful
Shot and blinded, a pigeon named Cher Ami continued her flight and saved 197 American soldiers at the end of World War I
Glenn Gould was an eccentric virtuoso who insisted on his childhood piano chair throughout his entire career and hummed loudly while playing
In Ancient Rome, suicide was allowed as a form of euthanasia except if you were a soldier or a slave
Surviving examples of vintage household products manufactured during WWI
After Umberto Eco was invited to submit a short detective story to a magazine, he instead wrote his first novel, “The Name of the Rose”
Taliban blowing up 4th-century statues of Buddha leads to caves filled with 5th-century artwork
