Jimmie Nicol: The drummer who replaced Ringo Starr and lived as a Beatle for two weeks in 1964
Cylinder seals: The way to sign documents with style in ancient Mesopotamia
Notorious pirate Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a merchant ship only to steal the crew’s hats
James McNeill Whistler, enraged with his rich patron, painted him as a peacock made of money
Tyrus Wong, lead artist of Disney’s cherished “Bambi,” never saw his own mother again after age of 9
More mystery on Amelia Earhart, with rival theories of Japanese capture or a castaway’s lonely death
A historical Wyoming mining hamlet called Aladdin, population 15, was sold for $500,000
Before Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Bobby Leach, first man to survive Niagara Falls barrel plunge, died after slipping on orange peel
Simon the cat received the Royal Navy’s honors after feline performance on the HMS Amethyst
