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"When my then-6-year-old son, Sam, was bitten by the Magic bug, I smelled a story."

Before the black leather jacket was reduced to another innocuous darling of the fashion world, it was an honored utility — a form of arthropod armor worn by the less-than-gentle men who roamed the fraying fringes of a disquieted society.

It is appropriate that Louis Wain be a meme in our Age of the Internet Cat. Wain is the godfather of the cat craze. Without Wain, there'd be no Felix, no Cat in the Hat, no Garfield, no Keyboard Cat, no International Cat Video Festival.

It was "water and vermin proof," it would "last in the earth forever" and it would not "permit our loved ones to live in a pond of water as is usually the case." It was a glass coffin.

"It was so much fun sitting in that stadium and watching the dolphins come out of the water. We didn't know then the cost of what we were seeing."

The concept of sterilization changed the look of medical instruments forever.

Each piece of Kem Weber furniture had a different role to play in creating the trademark Disney magic.

"The guys at the agency told us that Lucas wanted it to be more comic-booky—that was our only direction."

Nothing goes out of style like style.

These were not the four cocky lads from Liverpool who had made such a splash on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Instead, the pictures showed four pensive men, who had only recently decided among themselves that this would be their last live concert together.

The following is a public service announcement from Killer Fashion author Jennifer Wright: If you wrap a piece of fabric around your neck — whether it's a fabulous scarf, a dashing cravat, or a dapper necktie—you just might be tying your own noose.

George Hunter of the Charlatans never shot Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, not even once. But in the spring of 1966, on the grounds of Rancho Olompali, Garcia had reason to believe Hunter was gunning for him, causing the great guitarist to royally freak out.

"Ronald Reagan's 'Let's Make America Great Again' slogan is popular again, though the person using it today thinks he came up with it."F…

"When I first looked at the book in the Newberry Library, it just felt operatic to me."

These mobile-home enthusiasts think the classist shaming of trailer-park living needs to end.

The French called them mouches or "flies" because of the dark spots' resemblance to small insects alighted on fashionably pale skin.

In Sweden and some parts of Finland, a traditional Easter involves children dressing up like witches and going door-to-door asking for treats — much like American kids do on Halloween.

The story of the Bald Knobbers' rise is a terrifying parable about what happens when government fails and violence reigns.

"For those LGBTQ folks in the know, this record offered a glimpse of the acceptance they'd long been denied, subtly placing gay romance into the standard musical canon."

These bottles of previously demon alcohol were adorned with illustrations of pretty girls, dramatic sunsets over the Golden Gate Bridge, boxers in the ring, mission bells unrung, and endless clusters of fat, ripe grapes hanging on the vine.