“Hanging coffins” are remnants of an extinct funeral ritual from Eastern Asia
Polari: The secret gay language that was used when homosexuality was considered a crime
Elements- the instrumental textbook in mathematics that provided basis for some of the calculations NASA needed to put a man on the moon
Audrey Hepburn built her incredible acting talent out of her troubled upbringing
‘If you get in that car you will be found dead in it by this time next week’; Sir Alec Guinness predicted the death of James Dean
“Roar” has been considered the most dangerous film shoot in history, over 70 of the cast and crew were injured during the production
Horseback riders from the Russian Empire came to America to perform in circuses and wild west shows
The Soviet Union captured almost 3 million German POWs and many of them died in custody or were used as forced labor
A bristlecone pine in Nevada became a contender for the title of world’s oldest tree, but only after it had been cut down
Art critics initially assumed that Grant Wood’s famous painting “American Gothic” was a satire of rural small-town life
