The buff WWII-era feminist icon Rosie the Riveter was actually a tiny telegraph operator who’d never been near a factory Lifestyle
Until 1972, women were prohibited from running the Boston Marathon and the first female to complete race had to hide in the bushes before starting News Lifestyle
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Chess genius, madman, or both: Bobby Fischer was extraordinary, and in 1972, Fischer vs. Spassky was dubbed the Match of the Century Lifestyle
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Hubris indeed: Everyone pleaded with “the Flying Tailor,” Franz Reichelt, not to jump off the Eiffel Tower in that parachute of his own design Lifestyle