Recognizing that the right to vote wouldn't come without a fight, these women looked to the martial arts as a guide.For the most part, British suffragettes looked like fairly non-threatening people.
Many of them were petite older women wearing long dresses and big flower-covered hats. Their hair was always perfectly coiffed, their high-collared shirts wrinkle-free, their sashes expertly calligraphed.
But don’t be fooled by those proper-English-grandma vibes, most of those ladies could almost certainly kick your ass. Read More...
Kurt Gödel was one of the 20th century's most brilliant mathematicians. But he was so paranoid he ended up starving to death.Kurt Gödel.
Kurt Gödel was a brilliant mathematician and philosopher, whose incompleteness theorems made him one of the most important mathematicians of his time.
However, he also suffered from poor health, beginning with an episode of rheumatic fever at the age of six. He remained convinced he had never fully recovered and was known for being paranoid, anxious, and depressed. Read More...
Cherie Currie thought she was getting her big break, but she ended up in the middle of a nightmare. Michael Marks/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesCherie Currie of The Runaways.
Cherie Currie’s life changed when she was 15 years old. Unlike most 15-year-old girls in 1975, who were busy beginning high school and finding dates for the homecoming dance, Cherie Currie was unbothered by the mundane high school lifestyle. She was more interested in making a scene. Read More...
