Nolan shot The Odyssey in real places, not on a green screen. Troy is an old fort in Morocco. The underworld is a cave in Iceland. Ithaca is a castle in Sicily. Six countries in all — and you can visit most of them. Plan the trip. ›
Elephants stand in silence around their dead. They come back weeks later. Crows do something close to it too. Dolphins carry dead calves for days. The odd part is the cost — these animals need to keep eating to live. They stop anyway. See what they do. ›
America thought poison gas was coming, so it planned masks for children. Walt Disney designed one shaped like Mickey Mouse — big glass eyes, round ears, a snout. About 1,000 were made. Britain built its own version too. See the mask. ›
A small bar in Paris makes a cocktail with pastis, Campari, lime and cucumber. Cold, sharp, easy. The bar handed over the recipe. You have everything but the orgeat. ›