Apart from the great films we all know today, classic Hollywood’s golden age really did have a genuinely dark underside. Including drugging children to work 18-hour days. Pretty immoral, isn’t it? Hopefully this doesn’t ruin your view on some of these all-time classics. Behind the curtain. ›
Since 1950, Alberta has had one job as far as rats go, and that’s keep them out entirely. It takes so much pride in being one of a handful of populated places on Earth with zero rat population. Well, thanks to one rat, that whole streak just got shattered. The hunt is on. ›
Before photography, the only way to record what a fruit looked like was to paint it. So the US government hired people to do it over 7,400 times. Most of the artists never got any credit, but one of the women went on to be showcased next to Picasso and other greats. 56 years of fruit art. ›
Only about 15,000 rhinos are left in Africa. One group is moving 2,000 of them to safer ground, which takes helicopters, cargo planes and 64 people per trip. The mission to save them. ›
TOP SHELF
The old Vegas is dying. What happens now? The 5 worst PS2 games of all time. Not steak or chicken: Cowboys ate these traditional foods on the trail. Zora Arkus-Duntov, the father of the Corvette. And the glue holding together Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia.
