Loving vs. Virginia: The interracial couple that helped eliminate anti-miscegenation laws still on the books in 1967 News
American doctors earned $40 million for whiskey prescriptions during the prohibition News Strangeness
Château de Chenonceau : After Henry II died, his widow, Catherine de Medici, forced the king’s mistress, Diane de Poitiers, to give her the castle News
Martin Cooper, one of several inventors inspired by “Star Trek,” came up with the first mobile phone as early as 1973 News
The beak-nosed plague-doctor mask that continues to terrify was invented in the 17th century because of bad smells News Strangeness
The makers of “Alien” had everything designed except for the terrifying being itself and for that, they turned to H. R. Giger Strangeness News
“The Old Man and the Pool”: After Ava Gardner went for a swim at his Havana house, Ernest Hemingway issued an unusual edict News
Details of Elvis Presley’s divorce from Priscilla, full signatures included, emerge in 12-page document going up for auction News
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