How Can Taylor Swift Possibly Be the World’s Biggest Pop Star?
She’s had 43 songs reach Billboard’s pop Top 40 — and she was only born in 1989. How does Taylor Swift do it?
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Thrill Ride: What It’s Like to Have Your Spy Plane Disintegrate Around You at 78,000 Feet
A test pilot recalls what it’s like to have a high-performance spy plane disintegrate around you at 78,000 feet and 2400 miles per hour.
P.L. Travers Biography — New!
She wrote Mary Poppins and hated the movie version. Now she’s the central character in a big new Disney movie starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.
Calvin Coolidge Shaved Himself For Marriage
Our 30th president was shaving himself, wearing only underwear and a top hat, when his future wife first laid eyes on him.
The Breeding Ritual of the Miley Cyrus
Summed up by Sir David Attenborough, it’s the tale of the wild Miley Cyrus, in a short, terrific video.
Phyllis Diller is Dead, But Not Recently So
Yes, the great Phyllis Diller has died — 15 months ago.
All America is an Insane Asylum
Poet Ezra Pound said “All America is an insane asylum,” after being released from an American insane asylum in 1958.
Mario Cuomo Didn’t See ‘The Godfather’ Until Just Now?
Was it principle, or was he just trying to one-up Robert Redford?
Al Gore Never Said He Invented the Internet, Even Though He Actually Kind of *Did* Help Invent It
Behind the snickers and sneers of Gore’s enemies, the truth is that he actually was instrumental in getting the information superhighway up and running.
Robert Redford Didn’t See ‘The Sting’ Until 2004?
“I thought it was a really good movie,” he said after waiting 31 years to see himself in his Oscar-nominated role.