La Peregrina, the famous pearl discovered on an island near Panama and worn first by Mary I of England
Madam C. J. Walker, America’s first female self-made millionaire, started with a hair tonic
In WWII, Soviet partisans hid in the Odessa Catacombs, which stretch for thousands of miles below the city
Inventions made during World War I we still use today
Money talks in “Club 33”: A secret Disneyland venue that Walt Disney built only for the wealthy, alcohol included
In a place inhabited by polar bears, a scientist finds oldest evidence of life on Earth
In 1885, a Victorian barmaid’s suicide attempt was thwarted by her own crinoline
The curious story of “Princess Caraboo,” who came to Bristol in 1817
Florence Foster Jenkins: The world’s worst opera singer who sold out Carnegie Hall weeks in advance
The Portland Vase: a wonder of Roman glass work that was broken in 1845 by a drunken museum visitor
