Ancient warriors painted their nails before combat to instil fear among the enemy
Mistinguett – a French singer & actress who in 1919 insured her legs for 500,000 francs
OOPArt: The strange world of Out-of-place artifact
The Tour de France cycling race was invented to boost sales of a sports newspaper
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft – The largest value theft of private property in history
The history of black cat’s curse: Europeans believed that if a black cat crosses their path, it’s an omen of misfortune and death
Rare footage of immigrant arrivals at New York’s Ellis Island in 1906
The cave paintings of Tsodilo in Botswana are almost 7,000 years older than the Lascaux paintings in France
Badbury Rings: An Iron Age hill fort where King Arthur reportedly fought his greatest battle against the Saxons
Shirdi Sai Baba: one of the greatest spiritual leaders in India
