Cleopatra has become widely known in popular culture as a royal Egyptian seductress, infamous for enticing powerful men to do her political bidding. But a closer look at her life reveals that this impression may be a misogynistic misrepresentation, and that in reality, she was far more cunning and capable in her own right.
Bing Crosby was famous for singing “White Christmas”—but he left behind a complicated and unsettling family history.
The Sundance Kid is synonymous with the Old West. A gunslinger plucked straight from a spaghetti western, his life with Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch was one of daring robberies, dynamic gunfights, and thrilling escapes. But his fast living would eventually catch up to him, though not until he was halfway around the world…
Riddle: Pregnant every time you see her, yet she never will give birth. What is it?Answer: A full moon. ...
Riddle: Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?Answer: A fly. ...
Riddle: Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?Answer: Counterfeit money. ...
Riddle: It has rib bones and back bones. It swallows human beings whole, then spits them out alive. What is it?Answer: A house. ...
Riddle: What is it that has a neck but no head, and two arms and no hands? Answer: A shirt. ...
Riddle: What can be heard and caught but never seen?Answer: A remark. ...
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