The 1993 Academy Award for costume design went to Eiko Ishioka for creating the magnificent costumes in the hit film, “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” Particularly stunning were the dresses worn by Wynona...
It started with the Helen Keller jokes. You could call it an unfortunate revival. Over forty years ago and following the broadcast of The Miracle Worker, jokes about Helen Keller became mainstream.
Can a pseudoscience ever truly disappear? Over the course of human history, we have made many attempts at explaining the world around us, and while some of these guesses were eventually confirmed...
Burns, injuries to the skin caused by heat, radiation, electricity, friction, or chemicals, are among the most common and painful injuries. Throughout history, a variety of unusual and sometimes...
The curtain went up in “Heller’s Wonder Theatre” on Broadway to reveal a blindfolded lady comfortably seated center stage. A volunteer from the audience was solicited to “pick a card, any card!”...
For most people a car is just a vehicle that gets them from one place to another, and as far as cleanliness is concerned, occasionally driving through a car wash is good enough. But some...
The first ever toothbrush design, used by ancient Babylonians and Egyptians, dates back to 3500 BC. The primitive toothbrush, known as a “chew stick”, was a thin twig with a frayed end. The modern...
When we write the old-fashioned way, with ink on paper, we rarely think of the pen’s ingredients. For hundreds of years gall ink was used to produce documents such as Shakespeare’s will and the U.S...
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