It’s March 15, also known as the Ides of March, the day that Julius Caesar famously got whacked. Which makes today a great opportunity to sit down and watch some YouTube tutorials on ancient Roman hairstyles.

Please feast your eyes upon a Palm Springs home last redecorated the year Richard Burton bought Liz Taylor a 69-carat diamond ring. It is truly wonderful.

You’re looking at a trio of French models sporting the latest in haute sunglass fashions, circa June 1961.

If you’ve ever wanted to contemplate Marlene Dietrich’s magnetic appeal at its proper scale, now’s your chance.

This is a strangely successful piece of headwear, in that I feel compelled to do whatever this woman says, immediately.

Archeologists say they’ve found an early Roman tavern in what is now France. One of the big clues: All the abandoned drinking bowls and animal bones lying around. What a dump!

It’s very common to lump the backward and the brutish into the category of “Neanderthal.” Well, Neanderthal experts don’t appreciate your casual trashing, thanks.

In August 1990, as “U Can’t Touch This” approached absolute inescapability nationwide, MC Hammer stopped by The Oprah Winfrey Show to show off his moves and even demonstrate how to replicate them. As you can see from this clip, Oprah was slightly skeptical.

Somebody has stolen £100,000 worth of antique taxidermy from a London warehouse, including a King Penguin and a chimp wearing a top hat.

If you’ve seen the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, you’ll be familiar with the famous comedian’s distinctive taste in home decor. “This is how Marie Antoinette would’ve lived if she’d had money,” Rivers cracks at one point in the footage. Well, here’s your chance to get some of that style for yourself.

Please do try to contain yourselves.

That ‘70s- set TV show based on the biography of Ford Models founder Eileen Ford is still in the works at ABC, and Andie MacDowell has just been cast as the star.

This year is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. As part of the festivities—would we call them festivities?—a TV team is taking a peek inside the bard’s final resting place. Much to my embarrassment, I cannot work up one iota of excitement over this.

I will keep telling these stories until there are no more stories to be told.

Supposedly, before she was burned at the stake by a bunch of English clergymen, Joan of Arc turned a devotional ring over to Cardinal Henry Beaufort, and it’s been in English hands every since. Until now, anyway.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. The justices’ decision will have major ramifications. It’s fitting timing: On this day in 1873, Congress passed the Comstock Act, which was used for decades to prevent the distribution of reliable information about…

These sharp-dressed ladies are sitting on the steps of a building at Atlanta University, circa 1899. I want to know all their stories, in detail.

The Internet has found its highest, best purpose: to serve as a repository of throwback clips from The Oprah Winfrey Show. For instance, this 1987 exchange with Goldie Hawn, in which the actress talks about getting a Ouija message that predicted the arrival of her next child.