“To beard or not to beard” was the stance of Joseph Palmer, the farmer and war veteran who was sent to jail for his facial hair
In fifth-century Europe, socks were usually worn by “holy” people to symbolize purity
American doctors earned $40 million for whiskey prescriptions during the prohibition
Princess Leia’s revolutionary hairstyle was an homage to George Lucas’s passions
J. R. R. Tolkien named the kind and protective hobbit Samwise Gamgee after a pioneering British surgeon
Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Chicken Farmer Spy Who Tricked Hitler & Saved D-Day BUT He Had One Problem, His Wife
The brilliant and misunderstood Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear after arguing with Paul Gaugin and gave it to a prostitute, saying “Keep it carefully”
Ancient Carmo Convent and Church bear poignant witness to Lisbon’s catastrophic earthquake of 1755 that killed thousands
How the Devil came into his dream and inspired Giuseppe Tartini to compose the Violin Sonata in G Minor, “The Devil’s Trill”
Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie, and during WWII, when Massachusetts servicemen received them in care packages, it led to a full-fledged cookie craze
