Antonio Ligabue
Antonio Ligabue was and was an Italian painter, one of the most important naïve artists of the 20th century.
Frank Chu
Frank Chu is one of San Francisco's best-known eccentrics. His street protests against US Presidents, corporations, and a distinctive concept he calls the 12 Galaxies have been held in San Francisco and nearby locales since at least 1995. In early 1985, Chu, then 24 years old, took 11 members of his family hostage in his home in Oakland and was reported to have beaten one or more with his fists.
Wombles
The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. The characters later became nationally famous in the mid-1970s as a result of a popular BBC children's television show using stop motion animation. A number of spin-off novelty songs also became major hits in the British music charts.
Sheats Goldstein Residence
Sheats Goldstein Residence is a house designed and built between 1961 and 1963 by American architect John Lautner in Beverly Hills, California. The house has been featured in several movies, including Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Bandits, and The Big Lebowski.
Mountain men
Mountain men were trappers and explorers who roamed the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 to the early 1840s. Mountain men were ethnically, socially, and religiously diverse. Most were born in Canada, the United States, or in Spanish-governed Mexican territories, although some European immigrants moved west in search of financial opportunity. Mountain men were primarily motivated by profit, trapping beaver and selling the skins, although some were more interested in exploring the West.
It Happened in Boston
First published in 1968, Russell H. Greenan's It Happened in Boston? is the story of a brilliantly talented, unbalanced artist who strives to meet God face-to-face in order to destroy Him. It is a magic spell of a book phantasmagoric, lushly written, full of unforgettable characters and brilliant twists of plot. Along with a vivid depiction of the art world and a breathtaking narrative that incorporates forgery, time travel, and murder.
Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly was an artist.
Papier d’Arménie
Papier d'Arménie is a room deodorizing product sold as booklets of twelve sheets of paper each cut into three pieces, which are coated with benzoin resin, the dried sap of styrax trees.
Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly was the pen name of pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. In addition to her writing, she was also an industrialist and charity worker.
Panathinaiko Stadium
Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens is the only major stadium in the world built entirely of white marble.