The Temple of Olympian Zeus was under construction for over 600 years until Hadrian finished it
Thomas Jefferson was the first gourmand in America, introducing fine French cuisine. And maybe French fries too.
Bugs Bunny: In the beginning, he was a “Wild Hare”
Made of wood, leather, bone, and even silver, hornbooks were used to teach reading
Charlie Chaplin’s first stage appearance at the age of 5 was sadly his mother’s last
A waffle breakfast in Oregon in 1971 led to a breakthrough invention for running shoes
Chloroform, arsenic, and suspicious family doctors: Lady poisoners of the Victorian era
Nietzsche’s sister, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, edited her brother’s work to fit her own anti-Semitic ideology
Jimi Hendrix chose the U.S. Army over a jail term for auto theft, played his guitar endlessly at Fort Campbell
It took two years to restore Bert Lahr’s 60-pound Cowardly Lion costume, and it sold for $3.1 million
