Guy bought a can at an antique store for just $2 and the painting is now worth $5 million.
Seven years ago, antique collector Randy Guijarro first saw an old photograph covered in dust at a junk shop in Fresno, California. He purchased the […]
Kit Carson Wild West Hero
If you remember your grade school geography class, you know the capital of Nevada is Carson City, but do you know why? It was named […]
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty, the talking egg in Lullaby, is not as simple a character as it seems. First, the fat figure falling from the wall was […]
Heinrich Himmler, the man who orchestrated the Holocaust
Heinrich Himmler is now considered one of history’s greatest villains, best known for his meteoric rise as Hitler’s right-hand man and for being one of […]
Gloria Vanderbilt and custody battle over her trust fund
Long before Gloria Vanderbilt’s name was on the back of her jeans or her son Anderson Cooper broke the news, Gloria Vanderbilt was in the […]
Joseph Merrick aka “Elephant Man”
Joseph Merrick was born on August 5, 1862 in Leicester, England to working-class parents. His baby appeared healthy, a relief to his mother, who lost […]
Emperor Caligula’s luxury ship is found at the bottom of Lake Nemi
Emperor Caligula, as one of his whims, ordered the construction of several large barges for use on Lake Nemi. His two naves, modernly called the […]
The story of a dog taken prisoner in WWII
In 1936, the crew of the British gunboat HMS Gnat purchased an English Pointer puppy named Judy from a kennel in Shanghai, China. She was […]
Authentic original of Schindler’s List set to sell for $2.6 million at auction
The authentic “Schindler’s List,” in which German businessman Oskar Schindler saved over 1,200 Jewish lives during the Holocaust, is up for auction.Schindler’s First Jewish List […]
NASA unveils Apollo 1 capsule 50 years after tragic fire
We know all about the Apollo 1 mission and its consequences. On January 27, 2019, 50 years after the test launch fire that killed Gus […]