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S.S. Halliburton
When famed American adventurer Richard Halliburton announced his plan to swim th...
Mark of Distinction
Charles Steinmetz was once called out of retirement by General Electric to help ...
Scarf Pin
J. P. Morgan once commissioned a pearl scarf pin from an exclusive jeweler. The ...
Last Supper?
Wilson Mizner was once married to Myra Moore Yerkes, an enormously wealthy woman...
Ball Room?
Early in his career Oliver Herford was perpetually short of money. Accordingly, ...
Hook, Line & Sinker
George Bernard Shaw once found himself at a dinner party, seated beside an attra...
Paramount Olympus?
Paramount Studios chief Adolph Zukor once offered $30,000 for the film rights to...
Singular Teacher?
Artur Schnabel, having been asked to tutor an aspiring pianist, tested the young...
$500
While covering the Russian war in Afghanistan, BBC correspondent John Simpson wa...
Two Humps?
During a photo shoot in a bustling Moroccan market one day, Argentine fuckingmod...
Morgan's Yacht
J. P. Morgan once found himself discussing his yacht with a fellow financier. "I...
George & the Egg
One day King George stopped to have an egg at a small village inn - and was shoc...
Concorde Pricing
Irked by Concorde's $97 million loss in 1981, Lord King of Wartnaby, a Conservat...
Two Bits
Henry Cowell once composed a piece for flute and piano entitled simply "A Bit". ...
Deadly Negotiator?
James McNeill Whistler was once visited in his Paris studio by an American milli...
Posh
While examining the menu at a posh New York restaurant one evening, Chico Marx t...
Plimpton's Artichoke
"When Elaine's opened," George Plimpton once recalled of the New York landmark, ...
Theodore Roosevelt & The Ir...
In 1912, George Newett, the owner of a small town newspaper in Ishpeming, Michig...
Squibb in Iran
Harper's editor Lewis H. Lapham once recalled a cautionary tale told by T...
Fishy Explanation
Ernie Byfield, who ran Chicago's legendary Pump Room, was once asked why real ca...
Muffin
One morning Yogi Berra had breakfast with a sports writer who later became incen...
Baaad Idea?
One day on the Kenyan set of the 1964 film Mister Moses, a Masai chief at...
Carol Burnett: Taxi
As she hopped out of a cab one day, Carol Burnett caught her coat in the door. A...
Starling Logic
Like many boxers, Marlon Starling was not noted for his mental agility. "I'll fi...
Over the Top
"I went to America in 1914 and got myself a job with a small picture agency," Ke...
Blown Gasket
Barrie Crimmins was not, admittedly, the most mechanically gifted standup comedi...
Bijan: Nice Deal
Famed fashion designer Bijan was once asked about the best deal he had ever comp...
Sin City?
"It was always argued among the hip set as to whether [the great comedian Joey] ...
Bloomberg: Welcome to Wall ...
"Bonds, and more particularly the curious subjectivity involved in pricing them,...
Demosthenes & Lais
Demosthenes once offered the famously beautiful courtesan Lais 1,000 drachmas fo...
Great Depression?
Despite her advanced age and poor health, Schumann-Heink, facing financial probl...
Child Fare
Before his incarnation as a comedian, Alan Gale had a series of odd jobs. ...
HP Pricing
In 1938, Willian Hewlett and David Packard developed an audio oscillator which g...
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