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In the 1920s, Pickfair was the most famous mansion in Hollywood, home to lavish parties and famous guests. But after new owners claimed the property was haunted, it met an unfortunate demise. Long before “Kimye” or “Brangelina,” there was the original celebrity portmanteau: “Pickfair.” The word combined the names of early Hollywood’s two biggest stars: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Specifically, Pickfair referred to the power couple’s lavish 15-acre estate in Beverly Hills, which was a popular meeting place for Hollywood stars....

Called “the phone of the wind,” this device allows Japanese mourners to leave messages for those who died in the 2011 earthquake. In 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake tore through northeastern Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami. Together, the events destroyed the country, causing more than $300 billion in damages and resulting in the loss of more than 15,000 residents. Some survivors are still grieving over the loss of their loved ones, and one coastal town has come up with a unique way of coping....

Tudor mansion’s hidden trove of artifacts uncovered, new findings at Hitler’s secret headquarters revealed, woolly rhino remains found inside mummified Ice Age puppy. Stunning 550-Year-Old Artifacts Found Under Attic Floorboards During Renovation Of Tudor Mansion Ian Ward/National Trust ImagesThe attic and roof of Oxburgh Hall during a renovation process that revealed a wealth of centuries-old artifacts. While renovating a Tudor nobleman’s moated mansion in Norfolk, England, workers came across a haul of 2,000 stunning artifacts languishing under a layer of dust in the attic....

Preserved horse found at Pompeii, “missing link” in human evolution unearthed by accident, and ancient food remains reveal what our ancestors ate. Military Horse Prepped To Rescue Victims Of Pompeii Found In Its Stable Cesare Abbate/ANSA Via APThe remains of a military official’s horse, discovered in Pompeii. Dec. 23, 2018. Awe-inspiring discoveries at the Pompeii archaeological site keep coming with the recent uncovering of a highly well-preserved horse — still harnessed and in its stable....

Twins Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway were born on October 31, 2022 — but the embryos they were born from were frozen in April 1992. NEDCLydia and Timothy Ridgeway, born October 31, 2022, to Philip and Rachel Ridgeway. In April 1992, George H.W. Bush was America’s president, John Major was the Prime Minister of England, and Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, supplanting Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy....

New York in the 1960s, the snow monkeys of Japan, Earth’s terrifying water crisis, everyday items disassembled, the 90s rave scene at its zenith. Striking Street Photography Of New York City In The 1960s For decades, New York City has proven to be at the forefront as a global creative hub for artists, musicians, dancers, and the list goes on! The ’60s were no exception, especially during the latter half of the decade when New York, and the rest of the world, experienced a seismic cultural shift — from the legendary Woodstock Festival in upstate New York to the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village....

“No guard called us nasty names. I had a better life as a prisoner than my mother and sister back home in Germany,” said the former POW. Rather than with sadness or anger, a 91-year-old German World War II veteran recently returned to the Washington base he was kept prisoner to affectionately remember his time there. The Seattle Times reports that Günter Gräwe, a 91-year-old German WWII veteran who was captured by the Americans at Normandy, visited the Washington prison camp he was held in earlier this month to reminisce fondly about his time as a POW....

These Ziegfeld Follies photos will transport you back to a time when sex was a touch more glamorous than it is today. Fanny BricePinterest A performance called “spider dance.“Pinterest Harriet HoctorPinterest Helen Lee WorthingPinterest Kay WhitePinterest Louise BrooksPinterest Mitzi MayfairPinterest Ruth EttingPinterest The Fairbanks Twins, Madeline and Marion Fairbanks.Pinterest The New Amsterdam Theater, which opened in 1903 and hosted the Ziegfeld Follies from 1913 to 1927. Pinterest Anna Held, Franz Ziegfeld’s common-law-wife and star performer....

“When you’re finding love, not everything is perfect. This was a journey.” In a jailhouse press conference, a woman who was arrested after sending 65,000 texts to a man she met on an online dating site attempted to justify her actions, and explain that they were nothing more than the actions of a woman in love. “I felt like I met my soulmate and I thought we would just do what everybody else did and we would get married and everything would be fine,” 31-year-old Jacqueline Ades said in the conference, which took place at the Phoenix, Ariz....

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The tomb belonged to Khuwy, an ancient nobleman whom archeologists believe may have been related to the ruling pharaoh. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Archeologists Discover Dozens Of Cat Mummies In An Ancient Egyptian Tomb Scientists Discover The Remains Of A 3,700-Year-Old Egyptian Woman And Her Fetus Who Died In Childbirth A 4,000-Year-Old Tomb Containing Two Mummies In Incredible Condition Has Just Been Uncovered In Egypt...

Back in the 1940s and 1950s, baby racing was a surprisingly popular sport. In fact, an annual baby racing competition, known as Diaper Derby, was sponsored by the National Institute of Diaper Services and held at a fairground in New Jersey’s Palisades Park each year between 1946 and 1955 (a similar event takes place today). Share Flipboard Email No special talents were required to participate in the rather bizarre race that has since been dubbed as the slowest two minutes in sports....

Two new studies reaffirm what coffee-lovers have always known: three to five cups a day makes people live longer. You know what they say: Three to five cups of coffee a day keep the doctor away! Or, that’s what they should say. Two new studies, published Monday, have reaffirmed what people have known for centuries: your daily cup of joe gives you life. To reach this conclusion, researchers in the first study surveyed 520,000 people in ten different European countries — making this the largest-ever project examining the connection between coffee and mortality....

The German u-boat was found in 180 feet deep in the Atlantic just nine nautical miles off the coast of Cornwall, England. Facebook/Dive NewquayThe wreck was discovered in 2006, but this is the first time it’s been recorded. A team of divers off the coast of Cornwall in England explored the ruins of a German U-boat that sank in World War II. What they found was eerie and astonishing. Dive Newquay, which led the expedition of four, deemed it one of their most “epic dives” to date....

During the Cold War, the U.S. conducted the Castle Bravo and Operation Crossroads nuclear tests on Bikini Atoll — displacing natives and poisoning the area to this day. Wikimedia CommonsThe mushroom cloud from the Castle Bravo nuclear test blast at Bikini Atoll, which was 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped over Hiroshima. March 1, 1954. Bikini Atoll’s isolation had proved a blessing early in its history. The small population of the Pacific island chain — about 1,800 miles from Papua New Guinea, the nearest land mass of note — was free from the conflict of the outside world until the 20th century, when it served as a Japanese outpost during World War II....

When C.P. Ellis was tasked with working with Ann Atwater to desegregate Durham, North Carolina schools, he was an “Exalted Cyclops” of the KKK. Ten days later, he was a strong supporter of the civil rights movement. Jim Thornton/The Herald Sun Collections/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill LibrariesC.P. Ellis, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, with civil rights activist Ann Atwater in 1971. In 1971, the schools in Durham City, North Carolina, were still segregated....

The original America First Committee began as an anti-war movement devoted to keeping the U.S. out of World War II. But it quickly evolved into something far more ugly. Donald Trump was not the first leader to rally crowds behind the slogan “America First,” nor was he the only person to ever support it. In fact, at one point during the 20th century, nearly one million Americans were paying members of an organization by that same exact name....

Known as the “silent twins,” June and Jennifer Gibbons barely talked to anyone except each other — for nearly 30 years. But then, one twin died under mysterious circumstances. In April of 1963 at the military hospital in Aden, Yemen, a pair of twin girls were born. Their births were not unusual, nor were their dispositions as infants, but soon enough, their parents began to see that June and Jennifer Gibbons were not like other girls — and it wouldn’t be until one of the twins met her untimely death that any sense of normalcy would be reclaimed....

Blinded as a 3-year-old boy, Louis Braille went on to become a renowned French educator in the 19th century, developing the famous Braille system that’s still used today. API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesA portrait of educator and inventor Louis Braille. Today, millions of people around the world use Braille to read and write. But before Braille, visually impaired people struggled to learn complicated systems that had major drawbacks. Until a 19th-century French teenager named Louis Braille changed everything....

Utagawa Hiroshige was such a talented artist that he inspired Van Gogh and Monet. But in 1856, the famous woodblock printer “retired from the world” to become a Buddhist monk. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 28Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji - #3. Sukiyagashi. Wikimedia Commons 2 of 28Part of the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, no....