It took until the 1920s for critics to rediscover it and call it one of the greatest American novels ever written.

Also, Rockwell Kent's illustrations fom the 1930s are staggeringly good.

The bigger the wheel, the farther the bicycle travelled with each turn of the pedals, and potentially the faster it could go.

So those differences you see in Victorian photographs weren't accidental: the bicycle was effectively sized to its rider.
Dutch Film in 1915.

Between 1905 and 1910, archaeologist Leopoldo Batres oversaw extensive excavation and reconstruction work that revealed much of the pyramid's monumental stepped form.

But the work was controversial. A fifth tier was reconstructed without sufficient archaeological evidence, meaning the pyramid's present appearance does not entirely reflect its original ancient design.

Hitler banned the film in Germany and all Nazi-occupied countries. However, apparently curiosity got the best of him, and he had a print brought in through Portugal. History records that he screened it twice, in private, but not his reaction. He was said to have laughed only once which was during the 'barber chair scene' between Hynkel and Napaloni.

Charles Chaplin said, "I'd give anything to know what he thought of it." West Germany finally lifted the ban in 1958.

The making of this self financed film is well worth a read.

Fun (ish) fact: Hitler and Chaplin were born just four days apart in April 1889.

Accompanying musicians included Amina, Adam Ant, Sebastian Bach, Bros, Felix Cavaliere, Terence Trent D'Arby, Flea, John Frusciante, Peter Gabriel, Kadeem Hardison, Ofra Haza, Joe Higgs, Bruce Hornsby, Lee Jaffe, Al Jarreau, Jazzie B, Davey Johnstone, Lenny Kravitz, Cyndi Lauper, Sean Ono Lennon, Little Richard, LL Cool J, MC Hammer, Michael McDonald, Duff McKagan, Alannah Myles, New Voices of Freedom, Randy Newman, Tom Petty, Iggy Pop, Q-Tip, Bonnie Raitt, Run, Dave Stewart, Teena Marie, Little Steven Van Zandt, Don Was, Wendy & Lisa, Ahmet Zappa, Dweezil Zappa and Moon Unit Zappa as the Peace Choir.

The settlement of Mirny grew right along the edge of the pit, housing a population of roughly 37,000 people living in a mix of Soviet-era apartment blocks and buildings on stilts designed to cope with permafrost

At a stop in Des Moines, Iowa, gay activist Tom Higgins pied Bryant in the face. Bryant quipped, "at least it's a fruit pie," before praying for Higgins's soul and breaking into tears.

Higgins was not alone in protesting Bryant's speaking tour.

Bayer marketed Heroin as a safer, non-addictive alternative to morphine. It came as tablets, lozenges, syrups and elixirs, and was recommended for coughs, colds, bronchitis and tuberculosis, sometimes even for children.