The Jaquet-Droz Automata: mechanical wonders from the 18th century, considered by some to the ancestors of the modern computer
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD
Frédéric Bourdin, also known as “The Chameleon”, was a serial impostor who claims to have had over 500 false identities over the course of his life
The Faces of Ellis Island in color
The first roller-skates were invented in 1760 by a man called John-Joseph Merlin
How The Beatles brought the Soviet Union down and destroyed communism
It is said that Cleopatra, Queen of Ancient Egypt, took baths in donkey milk to preserve her beauty and youth
The Benben stone is an obelisk-like stone that was symbolic of the primeval mound of creation in Heliopolis
Charles Frederick Worth – The father of the Haute Couture industry
Baroness Moura Budberg: the Mata Hari of Russia
