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American spies in WWII worked hard to formulate a smell to remember.

Dolly Oesterreich, her "Bat Man," and one of the strangest sex scandals ever.

Barbara Williamson co-founded one of the most famous radical sex experiments of the 1970s. Then she got wild.

Patch had a fondness for plunging into the abyss—in front of a paying audience.

Supposedly, heroic French soldiers enjoyed taking their coffee with water.

Welcome to the softer side of politics.

It's mostly a bunch of space dandruff, he says.

You might live in a "Hamilton" and not even know it.

A professional reptile transporter breaks it down.

Need to kindly but firmly chastise your son for buying a horse? Read the manual.

Luckily, dedicated volunteers have been restoring the beautiful planes.

It's not pronounced how you think it is.

In the 1970s, sawmill workers could talk about technical matters or insult each other in their own special sign language.

Turns out that there is no garment that women can't get criticized for wearing.

Korla Pandit's true identity wasn't discovered until after his death.

Why bars in former toilets should be a call to arms in the battle for public loos.

Chesley Bonestell knew what he was doing.

Deep ventilation could happen less often as the world warms.