In 2018, Quincy Jones set the internet ablaze with a couple of lengthy interviews in which he spilled a lot of tea about his time in the entertainment industry and the celebrities he's encountered. One interview included a claim that Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando had hooked up—and while that may have sounded outlandish, Pryor's widow, Jennifer Lee Pryor, then confirmed the music producer's words. As she put it, " Read More...
A UC Los Angeles Williams Institute study published a surprising result earlier this week, finding that Kentucky, of all states, somehow had the highest concentration of LGBT adults. More than 10 percent of Kentuckians were said to identify as LGBT, a higher percentage than any other state by far.
Only that figure turned out to be an error. After two days, the think tank retracted the claim and lowered its estimate from 359,500 LGBT Kentuckians to less than half that number, citing initially faulty CDC data that had not been updated before the group began its work. Read More...
These gadgets from the late 18th and early 19th centuries have a definitive Steampunk look — but some had more of a lasting effect on society than others. A prosthetic arm from between 1840 and 1940. The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum An American woman wearing a corset. 1899.GraphicaArtis/Getty Images The design for a "convertible corset" from between 1881-1884. It suggested using rubber or air-proof bags to enhance the user's bosom, but was never put into practice. Read More...
