People used hammers and chisels to open up tin cans until the can opener was invented
Collision of a luxury passenger steamer and a fishing vessel in fog off the coast of Newfoundland was the impetus for the policy of “women and children first”
Great Tracked Record: John Cazale, acted in only five movies – all nominated for the Academy Award
Until 1664, New York was called New Amsterdam because of the arrival of Dutch settlers
To raise funds Bedlam Asylum allowed, for a penny, public could stare at caged patients
Teti’aroa: The wondrous atoll in the Pacific widely known for having been purchased by Marlon Brando in the 1960s
An ancient grave of two lovers holding hands unearthed in Siberia
The bizarre story of how a railroad worker survived an iron rod which went through his skull
An enormous amount of knowledge and effort went to waste when the Library of Alexandria was destroyed
Alice Austen portrayed ordinary Victorian-era New Yorkers in photographs that saved her after she became penniless and homeless
