The Yakhchāl was an ancient Persian “refrigerator” that stored food and even ice long before electricity was invented
The 1920s perpetrators of the “perfect crime”: Leopold and Loeb
From Avenger and Bond Girl in the 1960s to “Game of Thrones” today: Diana Rigg
In 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald and his flapper bride, Zelda, shook up a sleepy Connecticut shore town with wild parties
Ned Kelly – The most famous Australian Bush Ranger
Fantastic fossil find: a dinosaur with swan-like neck and crocodile teeth that walked like a duck and swam like a penguin
Amsterdam’s Museum of Bags and Purses owns an impressive collection of over 5,000 items from five centuries, including bags belonging to Margaret Thatcher and Madonna
Carrie Fisher, who joked about her mental illness, got in one last laugh at her own memorial service
Michelin Red Guide: How a tire company became the taste maker for the world’s best restaurants
Chopines: 16th century platform shoes a challenge even for the bravest fashionistas
