The gremlins: Not Spielberg or Dahl, they originate with the pilots of Royal Air Force
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
Steamboat Arabia, which had been missing for 132 years, was found 45 feet under a field
Dresses from the sky: WW2 wedding gowns made from silk and nylon parachutes
The tragedy of Elizabeth Shoumatoff’s unfinished portrait of President Franklin Roosevelt
They slowly grow and they slowly die: A Bristlecone pine was found to be an astonishing 5,065 years old
Bombshell Mae West did not begin her career in films until she was almost 40, became second highest paid person in America
Herman Kahn: The physicist, nuclear-war strategist, and Cold War “scenario planner” who inspired Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove”
The Toda People: A small pastoral tribe with a fascinating social life and rich cultural history
When Thanksgiving resembled Halloween and “Ragamuffin Day” parades of costumed children mocked the poor
