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Katia and Maurice Krafft had a passion for volcanoes, one that ultimately proved fatal
“The Wild Hunt”: an eerie painting of 1889 that some say predicts the rise of Hitler & Nazi Germany
Barry White, singer of romantic tunes, turned away from a youth in a criminal gang
Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog that lives in this Pennsylvania town and predicts the weather, gets it wrong most of the time
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s passionate marriage was ultimately undermined by mental instability
The Hopis were dubbed “the oldest of the people” by other Native Americans
Ian Brady, serial killer responsible for the Moors Murders, died in prison at age 79, regrettably a subject of media fascination
The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, does not show the Americas but it does include the mythical Saint Brendan’s Island
Montserrat: The Pompeii of the Caribbean
Batman’s real name fused Scottish royalty with an American Revolutionary War hero
