Violet Jessop: The nurse who survived all three disasters aboard the sister ships: The Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic News Self-Propelled Strangeness
For three months in 1964, Vladimir Nabokov wrote down his dreams every morning, pursuing a theory that time flows backward News
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Joseph Pistone, alias Donnie Brasco, infiltrated the Bonanno crime family as undercover FBI agent News Vintage Hollywood
In mid-1800s, the terrain and climate of American Southwest posed a daunting challenge, so a solution was found: Buy camels Strangeness News
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford :The epic Hollywood rivalry that made feud-watching fabulous: Bette Davis and Joan Crawford Glamour News
The Great Blue Hole of Belize, one of top diving sites in the world, became famous thanks to Jacques Cousteau News Archeology
In the 1930s, financial guru Sylvia Porter hid her female identity with the byline “S. F. Porter” News Lifestyle
The Bakhshali invention of nothing, one of the most important concepts in human history News Archeology