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When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, over 100,000 people swarmed the streets of New York City in riots during the funeral and several women committed suicide
Beethoven’s “Elise” was the name of Therese Malfatti, incorrectly transcribed because of Beethoven’s bad handwriting
For three months in 1964, Vladimir Nabokov wrote down his dreams every morning, pursuing a theory that time flows backward
Ferdinand Magellan was regarded as a traitor in his native Portugal
Countries that ceased to exist in the 20th century
Bold Invention: The Bartini Beriev VVA-14, a 1970s-era Soviet aircraft designed to take off from the water
Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world
The grand but flawed 17th century Swedish warship “Vasa” sank on her maiden voyage, but in 1961 the ship was completely recovered
When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, over 100,000 people swarmed the streets of New York City in riots during the funeral and several women committed suicide
The legendary Edinburgh Castle occupies the site of a 350-million-year-old plug of an extinct volcano
