Artist transforms vintage photographs into unique contemporary artworks by embroidering across their surfaces
Samuel Beckett, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature used to drive Andre the Giant to school
Louis XV’s roll-top secretary: One of the most luxurious creations of the 18th century & the most lavishly decorated desk ever
There was a sequel to the “Wizard of Oz” that was about Dorothy going into a mental hospital because nobody believed her adventure
New documents reveal that Titanic rescuers tossed the bodies of 3rd-class passengers back into the sea
White Castle is deemed to be the first fast food chain restaurant in the United States
Famadihana is a bizarre funerary ritual in Madagascar during which people dig out the bodies of their dead and dance with them
Glenn Gould was an eccentric piano virtuoso who kept his childhood piano chair throughout his entire career
The four penny coffin was one of the first homeless shelters in Victorian England
Mishandled by treasure-hunters, the Nebra Sky Disk’s origin and purpose are still being debated, but the artifact remains one of the 20th-century’s most important archaeological discoveries
