In the US in the late 1880s, La Belle Glass Company developed what became known as Ivory or Custard glass by increasing the concentration of uranium oxide, which made the effect more opaque.
Across the ages, fashion has taken wildly unexpected turns. Some trends dazzled, others verged on painful — and a few were so ...
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Before it was set in November, the Thanksgiving holiday bounced across calendars for years, and was almost entirely forgotten by one President.
It sounds like a great start to a scary story: a young girl in the 1980s Midwest goes to work part-time at a local museum in an old historic house. She works in the half-light of a dark room in the ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HEAVENER, Okla. (KTAL/KMSS) — A former ...
Claire Messud, the bestselling author of "The Emperor's Children," returns with "This Strange Eventful History" (W.W. Norton), a multi-generational story of family secrets spanning World War II to the ...
It may not be September yet. But you can definitely see it from here. And you know what I see on my viewfinder? I see a few guys who are about to blow up the record book. Want a sneak preview? Or ...
In a quip that launched a million memes, Minnesota Governor-turned-VP-candidate Tim Walz referred to his right-wing political opposition as “weird people” in a July 23, 2024, interview on MSNBC. Since ...