“The Old Man and the Pool”: After Ava Gardner went for a swim at his Havana house, Ernest Hemingway issued an unusual edict
A Victorian theory that Mars was once artificially irrigated by a desperate advanced civilization
A massive windstorm blew so many tumbleweeds into a city in New Mexico that people were trapped in their homes
Lisbon’s Belem Tower: The era when Portuguese explorers were the rage and a far-away king even sent a rhinoceros as gift
Mel Blanc hated carrots, but in interest of total professionalism, munched one while providing voice of Bugs Bunny
When writer Ken Kesey first tried LSD, it was as a volunteer test subject for the Army
An English pub keeper who mesmerized with tall tales led to today’s “World’s Biggest Liar” competition
When John Gotti ordered the murder of his boss, “Big Paul” Castellano, outside Sparks Steak House, it became “the hit of the century”
Agatha Christie, author of “Murder on the Orient Express,” is outsold only by the Bible and William Shakespeare
Ratcatchers, the pest control of the Victorian Age, had their own rock star: Jack Black and his pursuit of the “fancy rat”
