The creators of “Curious George” built bicycles to flee Paris as the German army closed in
Why men of Ancient Greece proposed to their beloved by throwing an apple at her
The Iranian Saltmen: perfectly preserved natural mummies tell a story 1,700 years old
Madam C. J. Walker, America’s first female self-made millionaire, started with a hair tonic
The SS Californian, the ship that failed to rescue Titanic survivors despite being 20 miles away
When a shark spat out a man’s arm with a boxer tattoo, it launched a murder investigation that led to fraud and organized crime
The Wawel Dragon Statue in Kraków, Poland, breathes fire on demand, sometimes by text message
A Hollywood party ended the career of comic Fatty Arbuckle with a scandal that kept growing
The Original Little Red Riding Hood Story Is a Decadent and Illicit Tale
“Don’t sympathize with Shelley:” Stanley Kubrick showed no mercy to Shelley Duvall on the “The Shining”
