Cabaret dancer and U.S. spy Claire Phillips used her Manila nightclub to extract secrets from Japanese soldiers News
Beethoven’s “Elise” was the name of Therese Malfatti, incorrectly transcribed because of Beethoven’s bad handwriting News Strangeness
A stingy member of British Parliament who ate moldy food and sat in the dark was inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge News
Ida Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists from McClure’s Magazine who exposed the corrupt business of John D. Rockefeller News
Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” used the image of the radio waves from the first recognized pulsar CP 1919 News Glamour
The origins of the famous Jack Russell terrier, Nipper, the canine advertising icon for many gramophone companies News