During WWII, Veronica Lake changed her trademark peek-a-boo look to encourage factory workers to adopt safer hair styles Vintage Hollywood Battlefields Glamour
Joanne Woodward said the key to her 50-year-long marriage to Paul Newman was he made her laugh “every day” Glamour Vintage Hollywood
Cowry shell coins: an ancient monetary system based on sea shells used on almost every continent Strangeness Interiors Lifestyle News
Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role in ‘Gone with the Wind’, was requested to sit at a segregated table during the award ceremony News Glamour Lifestyle Vintage Hollywood
The Bath House: One of the best-preserved Roman remains in the world Abandoned Spaces Interiors Strangeness
The 3,200-year-old President Tree is so big it has rarely been captured in one photo News Strangeness
The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale Battlefields Strangeness
Musicians’ outcry: 17th century viol worth $200,000 severely damaged during a flight News Glamour Interiors Lifestyle Strangeness
Born a slave, James Beckwourth became not only a mountain man but a chief of the Crow Nation News Strangeness
The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, restored after decades of neglect News Glamour Interiors Lifestyle Strangeness
What happened at the crossroads: Blues legend Robert Johnson and his deal with the Devil Strangeness Glamour Lifestyle News