Bombshell Mae West did not begin her career in films until she was almost 40, became second highest paid person in America Glamour
Herman Kahn: The physicist, nuclear-war strategist, and Cold War “scenario planner” who inspired Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove” Strangeness
The Toda People: A small pastoral tribe with a fascinating social life and rich cultural history Strangeness
When Thanksgiving resembled Halloween and “Ragamuffin Day” parades of costumed children mocked the poor Strangeness
The real “Sound of Music”: Moody Maria married a man 25 years her senior, the family lost their wealth before WWII, and she sold her autobiography to Hollywood for $9,000 Lifestyle
After being lost for 132 years, Steamboat Arabia was unearthed with its cargo remarkably intact, including a jar of edible pickles Abandoned Spaces
Holly Golightly would be “divinely and utterly happy,” because now, finally, it’s possible to have breakfast at Tiffany’s Glamour
Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie, and during WWII, when Massachusetts servicemen received them in care packages, it led to a full-fledged cookie craze Featured
One of the last autographs John Lennon signed was on December 8, 1980, the day he died, and it was at the request of his murderer Strangeness