English writer Graham Greene suffered from depression since his early childhood and attempted suicide by playing Russian roulette
John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, died penniless and addicted to morphine
Roger Babson thought of gravity as his sworn enemy and tried to develop a system that could shield people and objects from it
Ealing Jazz Club: The cradle of British R&B music and the place where The Rolling Stones were formed
Bottle of Coke cost a nickel for 70 years, from 1886 to 1959
The Malbork Castle is the largest castle in the world measured by land area
Zelda Fitzgerald – a synonym for charisma, beauty, and eccentricity
Agatha Christie disappeared for ten days in 1926. 1,000 officers and 15,000 volunteers searched for her until she was found in a hotel, registered under a different name
The death of Boney M’s singer Bobby Farrel has occurred on the same day and in the same city as the death of Rasputin, the “lover of the Russian queen”
The myth that the Great Wall of China is visible from space originated before anyone had ever been into space
