The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale
Aerosmith said ‘No,’ Lynyrd Skynyrd said ‘Yes’ to the plane. It crashed, killing 3 members
Brushy Bill Roberts: He claimed to be Billy the Kid and in 1950 sought a governor’s pardon
Perfect solution for the Victorian man: The mustache cup
German U-Boat wreck found off Belgian coast, nearly intact, contains 23 bodies
The Shoes on the Danube Bank: a moving memorial to war horrors in Budapest
The epic Hollywood rivalry that made feud-watching fabulous: Bette Davis and Joan Crawford
Titanic conspiracy theories include the claim that the ship never sank
Mystery Solved: A Swiss couple reported missing 75 years ago, parents of 7 children, found in a melting glacier in the Alps
Beatrix Potter, author of “Peter Rabbit,” never got over her first love
