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The Man Who Invented the Modern Zoo Tested Out His Ideas on People First Carl Hagenbeck believed that animals should be housed in habitats that mimicked their natural environment.

Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, seen here in an image from the documentary “Lucy and Desi,” directed by Amy Poehler. Writer Todd S. Purdum’s new book, “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented ...

The history of the semi-truck dates back to Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1890s — back before even the Model T had hit the road. Alexander Winton, founder of the Winton Motor Carriage Company ...

Has there ever been a piece of home decor that more perfectly encapsulates an era than the Lava Lamp? An icon of the psychedelic and hippie movements of the 1960s and 70s, this mesmerizing tube of ...

From his brutal childhood - beaten so badly by his monstrous father that he was deaf in one ear - to his decades of paranoid, drug-addled seclusion, he fought a constant battle against the world.

Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, seen here in an image from the documentary “Lucy and Desi,” directed by Amy Poehler. Writer Todd S. Purdum’s new book, “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented ...

Despite the wheel’s immeasurable impact, no one is certain as to who invented it, or when and where it was first conceived. The hypothetical scenario described above is based on a 2015 theory that ...

Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, seen here in an image from the documentary “Lucy and Desi,” directed by Amy Poehler. Writer Todd S. Purdum’s new book, “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented ...