Cabaret dancer and U.S. spy Claire Phillips used her Manila nightclub to extract secrets from Japanese soldiers News
The Angelmakers of Nagyrev: For years a group of Hungarian women used arsenic to poison husbands, elderly relatives, and other nuisances Strangeness
Gail Borden’s breakthrough, life-saving invention of condensed milk was inspired by watching Shakers boil fruit Strangeness
In 16th century, Villa d’Este and its magnificent gardens were commissioned by a cardinal disappointed he never made it to Pope Interiors
The picturesque medieval town of Colmar, known as both “the capital of Alsatian wine” and “Little Venice” News
The Lady of Elche, a strange and striking ancient sculpture discovered in Spain in 1897, bears resemblance to Princess Leia Strangeness
Wizard of Oz’s Jerry Maren of the Lollipop Guild is the last surviving Munchkin at age of 97 Glamour
Zellige tiles, the lovely traditional Moroccan art form, used geometric shapes because Islam forbade human or animal figures Interiors
Sir Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for role of psychopath Hannibal Lecter with only 16 minutes of screen time and a blinkless stare Glamour
Boris Karloff, a terrifying “Frankenstein” and a grumpy “Grinch,” every year gave presents to kids with disabilities at Baltimore Hospital Glamour