After his death in 1991, it was revealed that Dr. Seuss secretly created dark, surreal “Midnight Paintings”—a stark contrast to the playful books that made him famous.
Past Preserved
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- In 1965, Andy Warhol gave Bob Dylan a print as a gift. Unable to fit it in the trunk, Dylan placed the million-dollar artwork on the car roof, holding one side while his passenger held the other as they drove off
- In 1963, France launched a tuxedo cat named Félicette into space—she flew 97 miles (156km) high, experienced weightlessness, and became the first cat to survive spaceflight.
- During the filming of the 2014 film “Muppets Most Wanted” Danny Trejo's mom passed away. Danny managed to keep it all together when people on set gave him their condolences, until Kermit offered his own, which caused him to run to the bathroom to bawl his eyes out.
- The only plane permitted to fly on 9/11 after the attacks was a plane flying from San Diego to Miami to deliver anti-venom to a man bitten by a highly poisonous snake; it was escorted by two fighter jets.
- A US Army soldier smells the perfume of his girlfriend back home in Jay, Oklahoma, as he opens her letter in Vietnam, 1966
- The Chinese white dolphin “Pink dolphin” are among the rarest creatures on Earth, with Labroots reporting that only 14 were known to exist globally.
- In the 1970s, Air Canada installed a dance floor on the upper deck of its 747s—letting passengers groove at 35,000 feet on transatlantic flights.
- A photo of Bashar al-Assad found in his home by looters after the fall of his regime in December, 2024
- A man takes a selfie using a stick of wood to activate the camera, 1957
- A teenage Yves Saint Laurent sketching for Dior in the mid-1950s—before he took over the house at just 21 and changed fashion forever.
00:00 - At the 1998 premiere of Velvet Goldmine, Christian Bale arrived wearing glittery makeup—channeling the glam rock spirit of the film
- In 2020, McAfee was arrested in Spain at the request of U.S. authorities for alleged tax evasion. In June 2021, he was found de*d in his prison cell shortly after his extradition was approved. But some believe he staged his own disappearance. Just like he always said he might.
