Women workers of WWI: They were vital part of war effort, with the munitions factories especially hazardous, causing injuries and poisonings
The French founder of L’Oreal, world’s largest cosmetics company, admired Hitler and befriended Nazi leaders
La Peregrina, the famous pearl discovered on an island near Panama and worn first by Mary I of England
In WWII, Soviet partisans hid in the Odessa Catacombs, which stretch for thousands of miles below the city
Money talks in “Club 33”: A secret Disneyland venue that Walt Disney built only for the wealthy, alcohol included