The Bakhshali invention of nothing, one of the most important concepts in human history
Séance shock queen: Spiritualist Eva Carrière and the era of ectoplasm
The French founder of L’Oreal, world’s largest cosmetics company, admired Hitler and befriended Nazi leaders
Wizard of Oz’s Jerry Maren of the Lollipop Guild is the last surviving Munchkin at age of 97
La Peregrina, the famous pearl discovered on an island near Panama and worn first by Mary I of England
Madam C. J. Walker, America’s first female self-made millionaire, started with a hair tonic
In WWII, Soviet partisans hid in the Odessa Catacombs, which stretch for thousands of miles below the city
Inventions made during World War I we still use today
Money talks in “Club 33”: A secret Disneyland venue that Walt Disney built only for the wealthy, alcohol included
In a place inhabited by polar bears, a scientist finds oldest evidence of life on Earth
