The dog Laika, the first living being to orbit the Earth, lives on in our memories along with her lethal Sputnik 2 mission, on which she was an unwitting pioneer in the USSR's space program more than 57 years ago.
Eric Eakin has collected a shit-load of bedpans. Each one clean enough to eat out of, should you be so inclined.
With all those gleaming, stainless-steel tools readied for painful prodding, few people look forward to visiting the dentist. But modern dentistry is a walk in the park compared with old-school methods of treating oral maladies.
Like any good thriller, the story of how Kastel's painting journeyed from his New York studio to Hollywood is riddled with twists, turns, and blind alleys.
Americans celebrated their Independence Day yesterday, and one of the popular items to have on the day is firecrackers. They might not be as big over here, but they do have a long and interesting history.
It turns out that getting fit with minimal effort is nothing new, and the bizarre machines that promise to slim you down have existed since the Victorian age.
