A correctly predicted solar eclipse halted a battle in 585 BC, but calculation method a mystery
Coco Chanel: Suspicion builds that the little black dress was in the Gestapo’s bedroom
“You’re standing on my foot” A glimpse into the secret of Laurel and Hardy’s success
Bugs Bunny: In the beginning, he was a “Wild Hare”
The devil, they say: Father Gabriel Amorth and the resurgence of exorcism
The tremendously long path of the color blue: from ancient Egypt to artist Yves Klein
Elizabeth Taylor’s dark outlined eyes were due to a rare mutation giving her “double eyelashes”
The 2-mile-long Marree Man is the second largest geoglyph in the world but nobody knows who made it
The Venice of the East: Zhouzhuang is China’s 900-year-old water town
There’s gold in them thar jeans: The truth behind the tale of a Chinese laundryman who got rich during the Gold Rush washing miners’ clothes
