Two friends with a metal detector were thrilled to discover Roman coins in a Suffolk field, but their joy lasted only 24 hours
The Blackbird is a full-size playable violin made of black stone
Eddie Mannix: the real-life Hollywood fixer, studio executive, and producer who inspired Coen brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”
In Ancient Egypt, cats were mummified and buried with jewelry, and harming a cat was an offense that could be punished with death
“I am simply wild about you”: Secrecy electrified the affair of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, stars of the Golden Age
In WWI, India provided the largest volunteer army in world history, and its numbers were crucial to the war’s outcome
Personal diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the primary sources of the Great Fire of London in 1666, destroying 80,000 homes in three days
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s 20-year marriage seemed perfect, but affairs, artistic rivalry, and mental instability destroyed it
Man Found on Beach, Clothes Labels Removed, Strange Written Phrase in his Pocket
The Buzludzha monument: once Bulgaria’s tribute to communism, now a bizarre ruin that fascinates tourists
