Tura Satana came blazing onto the big screen in 1965 as the busty badass girl gang leader Varla in Russ Meyer’s “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” But her character had nothing on the real thing…

Radio & TV personality Merv Griffin wanted to pitch a new game show, but after a major scandal in 1958, America thought all game shows were rigged. But Merv’s wife Julann found the question to the answer when she hit on the format idea for Jeopardy!

Jeopardy’s handsome host Alex Trebek brought a calm, collected, eloquent, & intelligent game into America’s living rooms, but in reality, Trebek was a giant jokester & cursed like a sailor!

researching this had me laughing for days, check it out!

I am so tired of living like it's the 1600s. Can I afford eggs at the market? Are my friends gonna die in the plague? Puritans coming for my sinful lifestyle. I want some modern problems. Modern Problems

In 1974, author Ray Bradbury was asked, “What is space travel going to do for man?” In response, he gave the most mystical, mind-blowing, and strangely moving answer I could have imagined.

From a gay man held as a teen in a mental institution, 1962-4: "I remember this one doctor who was talking about homosexuality. And he said, well, there is a normal homosexual period between 8 and 12 and beyond that it's abnormal. So I piped up and said 'Is that a.m. or p.m.?'"

Aloha Wanderwell wanted to travel, so even though she was only 16 when she saw an ad looking for “Brains, Beauty, & Breeches” to join a road trip expedition around the world, she jumped at the chance.

“Why must you always concentrate on color?” As always, this answer from James Baldwin is what you were looking for. Must watch. #BlackHistoryMonth

Did you know the first drag queen ever was a former slave? William Dorsey Swann was a janitor by day and a queen by night in the 1880s, throwing underground drag parties where black & white men alike decked themselves out in silk & satin and danced the night away.

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Mohamad Safa “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” -Oscar Wilde

worth it just for Eli’s reading of wilmot’s “regime de vivre”

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We told you all about the scandalous life & times of John Wilmot, so today we wanted to dive deep into his bawdy poetry! Tune in to our latest episode to hear our readings of “The Imperfect Enjoyment,” where John yells at his own dick for going soft at the wrong time…

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Loved learning about her & the story is truly hilarious!

New favorite artists alert! Obsessed with their photos & collages AND their life stories

I’m honored to think I could say anything that helped someone like this. Thank you for sharing Mr. Godzilla 🧡