Robert Cornelius: The man who took the first selfie in the world in 1839
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: The Hollywood Marriage Nobody Expected
The makers of “Alien” had everything designed except for the terrifying being itself and for that, they turned to H. R. Giger
The Wild West era, a period of myth-making cowboys, gunslingers, and saloon madames, actually lasted only 30 years
“The Old Man and the Pool”: After Ava Gardner went for a swim at his Havana house, Ernest Hemingway issued an unusual edict
War Plan Red: In a hypothetical war between the United States and Britain approved in 1930, the first step was to attack Canada
The Alfred Jewel: One of the most dazzling and mysterious treasures from Anglo-Saxon period, found in a field in 17th century
Treacle, crushed emeralds, bloodletting, bathing in urine: Wacko cures and medical procedures from the past
That time a strange man accepted the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress in 1937 meant for Alice Brady
The inspiration for Leonard Cohen’s “So Long, Marianne” was a beautiful woman he met on a Greek island
