When Aimée du Buc de Rivéry disappeared at the end of the 18th century, people speculated that she may have somehow become the Sultana Valide of the Ottoman Empire. But could this be true?Wikimedia CommonsThe french planter-heiress has been conflated with a sultana of the Ottoman Empire named Nakşîdil.
When Aimée du Buc de Rivéry went missing at sea, legend filled the gaps in her story. It was rumored that she was captured by pirates, sold into slavery, and chosen as a sultan’s favorite concubine. Read More...
Throughout the 1950s, atomic detonations brought countless tourists to Sin City — and helped make it what it is today.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesA group of gamblers stand on Fremont Street in Las Vegas watch the early morning sky illuminate from an atomic blast, which was detonated at a test site some 75 miles away. May 1955.
The threat of nuclear annihilation throughout the Cold War, its early years especially, might conjure up images of schoolchildren being told to “duck and cover” under their desks in the event of an attack. Read More...
