The Unlucky Mummy: The artifact once believed to have been the cause of Titanic’s sinking
Wacko: “It’s raining cats and dogs” So where did the expression come from anyway
“It’s raining cats and dogs” may be a bizarre way to describe a heavy downpour, but it’s better than “It’s raining old women with clubs”
The Wild West era, a period of myth-making cowboys, gunslingers, and saloon madames, actually lasted only 30 years
A crazy if unconsummated 1965 love triangle starring Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and Bob Dylan ended tragically
Holly Golightly would be “divinely and utterly happy,” because now, finally, it’s possible to have breakfast at Tiffany’s
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
Pattie Boyd was the real-life “Layla,” who married George Harrison and became the romantic obsession of his close friend, Eric Clapton
Henri Coandă: The aerodynamics pioneer who flew an early version of a jet plane in 1910
The epic “Cleopatra” was the first movie to generate more heat from what happened behind the scenes with an illicit affair than onscreen
