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Portrait Of The American Actress-Dancer Gwen Verdon Around 1950. VIEW ARTICLE

Sweet Facts About Gwen Verdon, The Broadway Dynamo

The Genius Behind The GeniusGwen Verdon has gone down in history as the muse of legendary Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse, but that isn’t even half her story. Not only did Verdon’s contributions to dance go...

January 28, 2025 Dancy Mason


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Scandalous Facts About Lady Arbella Stuart, The Queen Who Never Was

Lady Arbella Stuart had a life full of secrets, ambition, and rebellion. The once-likely successor to Queen Elizabeth I, her rare pedigree was a curse, not a blessing—and led her right into scandal and an infamously tragic end.
January 30, 2025 Binet
Photo of Joan McCracken from her appearance in the Broadway musical Dance Me a Song.

Bittersweet Facts About Joan McCracken, The Girl Who Fell Into Stardom

Joan McCracken was one of entertainment’s best comedic dancers—but she kept a tragic secret for the sake of her career.
January 30, 2025 Brendan Da Costa

Researchers just discovered 100s of bodies in a garden outside a church. Now they must solve the mystery of how and why they got there.

Over 120 bodies were recently unearthed in a garden outside a small British church in the city of Leicester, England. Now referred to as "Leicester's Lost," scientists are eager to find out what happened to these people, whose deaths showed no signs of foul play.
January 30, 2025 Jack Hawkins

A Batch Of Old Letters Discovered In An Attic Are Connected To Centuries-Old Bank Mystery

When a ten-year-old girl moved into a new home with her family in 1975 in Key West, Florida, she couldn't have imagined the discovery she'd make. Handwritten letters that detail one of the state's largest financial crimes, written by either a very unlucky criminal—or a mastermind who got away with it all. Read on to discover what happened when Stephanie Palomba discovered letters in her attic.
January 30, 2025 Jack Hawkins
Tudor Jewel Amongst 2021 Treasure Finds British Museum Reports Today

A man in the UK using a metal detector for fun discovered a priceless Tudor treasure, unseen for hundreds of years.

In 2019, an English man got much more than he bargained for when he found an absolutely stunning lost treasure that belonged to one of the Tudor era’s most remarkable figures.
January 29, 2025 Samantha Henman

Fearless Facts About T.E. Lawrence, The Real "Lawrence Of Arabia”

Lawrence of Arabia is one of the greatest films ever made, but the life of the real T.E. Lawrence was even more thrilling than what was shown onscreen.
January 29, 2025 Julian Karas

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