Meet the real-life pirates of the Caribbean – not a Jack Sparrow among them
Famed party palace Studio 54 was shuttered after its owner taunted the government and bragged, “Only the mafia makes more money”
Ancient Egyptian mummy at the Louvre has a face covered by an unusual interwoven square pattern
A Victorian theory that Mars was once artificially irrigated by a desperate advanced civilization
Eugene Allen, who grew up in a segregated town, was a butler in the White House for 34 years and received VIP invite to Obama’s inauguration
After finding fame as Dracula, Bela Lugosi turned down the chance to play Frankenstein’s Monster, a role that went to little-known Boris Karloff
Martin Cooper, one of several inventors inspired by “Star Trek,” came up with the first mobile phone as early as 1973
After an African prince spent 40 years as a slave in U.S., he was freed but died shortly before reaching his homeland
Disney softened the story of Pinocchio, originally that of an ungrateful and “wretched boy,” hanged for his mistakes
Legendary Mexican wrestler El Santo never removed his mask until 1984–10 days later he died
