Articles by Dan Lewis

In Pulp Fiction, Jules — the character played by Samuel L. Jackson — explains to Vincent (John [...]

The Indian state of Goa sits on India’s western shore.  It is the smallest of the nation’s 28 [...]

Henrietta Lacks, pictured above, died on October 4, 1951, from cervical cancer which had metastasized [...]

In the 1988 movie Coming to America, Eddie Murphy plays the role of Akeem, the crown prince of a made-up [...]

On August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa — Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece — was stolen off the [...]

If you have seen the classic Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd/Jamie Lee Curtis movie Trading Places — or, if [...]

Before 1966, Daylight Saving Time in the United States was set via a patchwork of state and local laws, often [...]

In early 2005, Ian Spector, then a high school student, did something many high schoolers did — he [...]

Spend enough time in a bathtub or a pool, and without fail, your fingers will start to resemble raisins — [...]

    As a young child, Bart Weetjens had two passions: rodents and Africa.  Both interests are a [...]