“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” — Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball: Mistress of Comedy and Counter-Espionage
How Did Lucille Ball Break Up a World War II Spy Ring? Lucille Ball (1911-1989) was not only one of the undisputed geniuses of comedy, starring in I Love Lucy, Life With Lucy, and more than 80 motion pictures, but she also played an unplanned and unscripted role in counter-espionage. In 1942 Lucy was driving…
If I’m Lying May I Be Afflicted By Beasts, Leprosy, Wretchedness, and Sea Monsters
If you have attended court proceedings or watched a televised legal drama, you are familiar with the process of swearing in a witness. Before testimony can be accepted, the individual must “solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” It wasn’t always quite that simple. Those who testified in…
Relativity: the Ultimate Youth Serum
Mankind has been seeking a way to slow down aging since the very beginning. As it turns out, the best way to slow time is to move faster. In expressing his special theory of relativity, Albert Einstein showed there is a difference in the elapsed time measured by two clocks as a result of one…
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