When Joe Wright was shooting Mr. Darcy’s misty morning proposal for ‘Pride & Prejudice,’ a nearby makeup artist whispered, “I wish that was my life.”

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Allen Lane wanted to bring paperback books to the masses—and he thought a vending machine was the perfect way to do it.
The Chinese philosopher and sage had a lot of wise things to say. But many of the quotes you've seen online were actually said by someone else. Can you tell them apart?
One theory says it comes from an Irish word; another says we have the ancient Romans to thank. But the joke is on those theories, because the real story is more complicated than that.
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In 1947, the seemingly everyday, innocent thoughts of a teen girl were published. But they weren’t so everyday: they were the thoughts of Anne Frank.
In 1855, D.C. residents were anything but thrilled with a gift from the pope.
In 1746, tartan kilts were outlawed in Scotland. That ban would help the garment become world-famous.
Baseball’s score-keeping system is full of abbreviations, but why exactly is the letter ‘K’ synonymous with a ‘strikeout’? Discover more about the evolution of baseball terms like this here.
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A sunken ship near Florida holds clues to the early history of cats in the U.S.
The megalodon was the largest shark to ever live, but luckily for us, it’s definitely extinct.
No, the golden arches don’t represent two giant bendy French fries on a background of ketchup, but good try.
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