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Thomas Lyle Williams created the first Maybelline mascara using petroleum jelly, coal dust, and ashes of a burnt cork
Built in the wrong place, this Australian lighthouse caused more than 20 shipwrecks
Two mummies in the British Museum reveal some of the world’s oldest known tattoos, including that of a bull
Sutro Baths in San Francisco: In 1896, it was the biggest indoor swimming pool the world ever witnessed
In mid-1800s, the terrain and climate of American Southwest posed a daunting challenge, so a solution was found: Buy camels
As the health of the world’s last male northern white rhino deteriorates, scientists are considering extreme experiments
Insanely valuable stolen paintings that are still missing: Works by Van Gogh, Vermeer, Rembrandt, and more
The Grand Mosque in Paris, under Si Kaddour Benghabrit, saved hundreds of Jews during WWII
In medieval Europe, narwhal tusks were believed to be the horns from the legendary unicorn, and Vikings were probably selling them for tremendous amounts of gold
The word “loophole” originated with small slits in medieval walls that let archers fire arrows at attackers of the castle
