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So you may have noticed there’s a little thing coming up on Saturday where people are going to go out for a fancy dinner, give one another roses, eat some chocolate and get laid. But just because you don’t have a main squeeze, just because…

John Romulus Brinkley was born on July 8th 1885 of somewhat complicated parentage. His father was John Richard, a former medic in the Confederate army. His mother was Sarah Burnett, the niece of John Richard’s fourth wife, Sally. Brinkley’s…

A lot of the Legends of the Months so far have been people that I'd really like to be. At least for a little while. I'd like to be Leonardo Da Vinci, and just solve some shit, or be Muddy Waters and start something incredible. The Legends…

Phineas Taylor Barnum was born in 1810 in the town of Bethel, Connecticut. His family had deep roots thereabouts - he was named for his mother’s father, a local judge. His own father was, according to PT Barnum’s obituary, “ever on the…

November, or more accurately, Movember, is the month when men across the world grow moustaches in support of men’s health advocate, the Movember Foundation. It also tends to be the month when everybody wants to talk about moustaches in…

Today is World Toilet Day (I'm not making that up... it's an actual thing) so to celebrate we have decided to dedicate a list to the oft forgotten porcelain heroes of the cinematic world. Some are plain crude... some are part of film …

With the UK observing Remembrance Day last Sunday, many football clubs have been honouring past players who met their fate in battle during the First World War. Throughout the weekend, games began with the traditional one minute’s silence.…

No organisation quite captures the air of genteel decay that pervaded English society in the Georgian era quite like the Hellfire Club. The 18th and early 19th century was a hard time for England. A succession of wastrel princes became…

Of the many stars on the Hollywood walk of fame, 13 belong to Irish people. Roscommon man George Brent has two stars on Vine street, one for his television work and another for cinema. Born in 1899, Brent was an IRA courier for Michael…

Mark Twain once wrote “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” Few things illustrate that quite like the life and career of Julie"La Maupin"  d’Aubigny, the 18th…