Superstitions have fascinated humans for centuries, offering a glimpse into cultural beliefs and irrational fears. From avoiding black cats to tossing salt over our shoulders, these practices are ...
When you think of barbers, you might picture a cozy shop, buzzing with clippers and lively conversation. However, barbers weren’t always just about haircuts. Historically, they played a surprising ...
People look back on the late 1920s to the early 1960s as Hollywood’s Golden Age. This period marked the end of silent films and the introduction of “talkies” which starred some of the greatest film ...
With all of the various streaming services, new music is available to the general public like never before. But there are only a few songs out there that can be labeled as some of the greatest of all ...
Geena Davis got her big break in 1982 when Sydney Pollack decided to cast her as a soap opera actress in his upcoming comedy Tootsie. Then, one year later, she landed the role of Wendy Killian in the ...
Every decade has its memorable stars — the celebrities who either manage to capture the zeitgeist of the era, or those who become famous through sheer magnetism and charisma. Many of the women on this ...
If rock’n’roll was born in the 1950s, then the 1970s were like its angsty teenage years. Disco, folk, and punk each resembled extremely different children, but the 1970s loved them all equally. Then ...
NFL quarterbacks are highly scrutinized. Some of the best arms are excluded from being considered ‘the greatest’ because they couldn’t get it done when it mattered most. Even though these quarterbacks ...
In 1900, the population of Las Vegas was 22 people. Today, more than 39 million people visit the betting center of America. All of this was thanks to the building of the Hoover Dam, which opened the ...
Based on real-life outlaws of the same names, George Roy Hill’s 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid pioneered the buddy-comedy genre and was a welcomed relief to the societal landscape of the ...
Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to live and flourish as a species. Yet, some people weren’t content just surviving ...
When the McDonald Brothers, Richard, and Maurice, first conceived McDonald’s back in 1940, they had no inkling that it would come close to the juggernaut it is today. It wasn’t until Ray Kroc joined ...