Far from being fortuitous, the Titanic's accident was the result of a large number of mistakes and fatalities that came together to send her down. Even the stars conspired against the unsinkable ship

Just a few hours before the sinking, first‑class passengers were celebrating an extravagant 10‑course dinner with plenty of alcohol. The feast surely influenced the fate of some of them later on

Left at the altar, she tried to freeze time right at that moment, leaving the house exactly as it was. The banquet table sat there for years with a wedding cake slowly rotting away and she wore her wedding dress for the rest of her life

This is Orphan Ann on Radio Tokyo, the little sunbeam whose throat you'd like to cut. Get ready again for a vicious assault on your morale!

There was a time when architects, filmmakers, writers, and intellectuals imagined humanity living in UFO houses in the near future, traveling through space, and arriving at Jupiter in 2001. Of that future, only the ruins remain today

Hong Kong's old walled city was one of the most fascinating slums ever to exist. A refuge for the Sun Yee On triads and the 14K, it was demolished in 1993 but its impact remains visible in today's culture

The watch worn by the most famous secret agent, not only to tell the time but also as a brass knuckle to stamp "Rolex" on the face of his enemies. When they first came on the market, they cost only $70. This is the story of the first Submariners, how Rolex made its fame and why Ian Fleming put them on 007's wrist

Types of watches, movements, styles, which countries make the best watches, what are the best brands... everything you need to know to buy a watch without any previous knowledge of horology

The story of one of the most impressive airships that ever crossed the sky. In 1929 it circled the globe in only 12 days. In 1931 it reached the North Pole then became the first air bridge between Germany and Brazil

Probably the last place a Westerner would think of spending Christmas Eve, but in Japan you have to book a table at KFC two months in advance if you want to dine there on the 24th

Mexican reinterpretation of the classic hooded sweatshirt adopted by the surf culture

One of the most popular military parkas ever, the M-51 owes its fame to the English mod subculture, which used it to cover their expensive suits when riding mopeds and scooters. Also known as the fishtail parka

A guide to getting started in classic leather flight jackets. Type A-1, A-2, M422a, G1, Sherlings, B-3, ANJ-4, B-6 and D-1

With detachable lining and removable hood, the M-65 is one of the most practical, copied and widespread military jacket around the world. It has become an icon in the cinema, worn by actors such as Robert Deniro in Taxi Driver or Silvester Stallone in the first Rambo movie

Legend has it that an Abyssinian shepherd in the 15th century, observed the exalted behavior of his goats after ingesting the fruits of what whe call today coffee trees. Back then, these plants grew wild in the Ethiopian region

The military origin of khaki or chino pants as a result of combining khaki color and gabardine fabrics

Codenamed Overlord - Neptune, the Normandy landing was a slaughtery. However, the number of casualties was not so high in relation to the number of troops that managed to deploy as a spearhead. Nor in comparison with other operations of World War II

Evicted by the Turkish army after the invasion of Cyprus, photos of a former Toyota dealership with all its vehicles still intact inside and the hotel rooms as they were abandoned that fateful day, suggest that the city is a time capsule frozen in 1974. Not quite.

Off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan, lies the abandoned island of Hashima, nicknamed Gunkanjima or "warship" in Japanese. This is the history of the abandonment and its current state

There was a time when passenger flights had to compete with luxury ocean liners. Airlines strategy was the glamour that gave birth to the jet set. Commercial airplanes with elegant designs, flight attendants who looked like fashion models, gourmet menus, spacious seats and a faster way to travel