“The Turk” was a fake chess-playing automaton that defeated Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte
Poulnabrone Dolmen: the oldest dolmen in Ireland from the Neolithic period
The Term ‘Riding Shotgun’ Comes From the Old West
During the Battle of Stalingrad, German soldiers suffered more casualties attempting to take one apartment building; then they did taking the city of Paris
“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
