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“To beard or not to beard” was the stance of Joseph Palmer, the farmer and war veteran who was sent to jail for his facial hair
Georges Méliès, the magic-minded dreamer who in 1902 filmed “The Trip to the Moon” and showed us what movies are capable of
Peter Freuchen, a Danish explorer, writer, and Nazi Resistance fighter who amputated his frostbitten toes himself without anesthesia
Remarkable invention: fore-edge, the “disappearing painting” on the edge of a book, now an endangered art form
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – The Groundbreaking “Godmother of Rock & Roll”
Swimming in searchlights: The cathedral of light of the Nazi rallies
Jazz Age party queen Zelda Fitzgerald died in a fire whilst sedated & locked in a room waiting for her electroshock therapy
Everyday words and the story behind their origin
Breakthrough: Over 100 years ago, an ingenious ad campaign for Pepsodent helped save the teeth of a nation
Flitch of Bacon – an old British custom of rewarding a big piece of bacon to a couple that haven’t regretted their marriage
