The Beja are nomadic people of eastern Sudan, first documented by the ancient Egyptians
During the California Gold Rush, an English would-be prospector published and sold 100,000 copies of his satirical Miners’ Ten Commandments
Breakthrough: Over 100 years ago, an ingenious ad campaign for Pepsodent helped save the teeth of a nation
Bookmobiles – Now a thing of the past
“The Wealthiest Woman in America” was so stingy she took her injured son to a free clinic and so paranoid that she slept holding a gun, a chain of bank-deposit keys around her waist
Cornwall’s Museum of Witchcraft & Magic houses 3,000 objects and 7,000 books but even so is not as interesting as its founder, Cecil Williamson
Digital artist skillfully restores severely damaged vintage photos
The wealthiest African American community in the 1920s, nicknamed “Black Wall Street,” was destroyed by a vengeful mob
When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, over 100,000 people swarmed the streets of New York City in riots during the funeral and several women committed suicide
Beethoven’s “Elise” was the name of Therese Malfatti, incorrectly transcribed because of Beethoven’s bad handwriting
