How A Pharmacist Named F. C. Achard Doomed Us All

One present to the King of Prussia launched an industry that , if current experts are to be believed , will kill us all . watch how a pharmacist started a mill that has do the death of many , and the enrichment of a few . In 1798 , a humble Prussian pharmacist known as F. C. Achard was hard at workplace in his laboratory . He was getting raw material , boiling them , exposing them to chemicals , and refine them ....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Richard Anderson

How a Sex Scandal Sparked Jerry Springer's 'Obsession' with Overcoming Shame — and Shaped His TV Career

Photo: John Parra/Getty Springer, then 30, resigned from his city council position in April 1974 when it came out that he had paid for sex at a brothel using checks. Without using Springer’s name, anEnquirerarticle named a “well-known Cincinnati political family” who was the subject of an investigation in Ohio and Kentucky. Springer, whodied Thursday at age 79, took responsibility for his actions in a press conference and resigned....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · Nicole Cunningham

How a Turbulent Marriage in the House of Gucci Led to Murder: 'He Said He Didn't Love Her Anymore'

Photo: Del Puppo/Fotogramma/Ropi/Zuma When Patrizia Reggiani met Maurizio Gucci at a party in 1970, she saw him as her ticket to a better life. “She knew what she wanted and she went out to get it,” PEOPLE editor-in-chief Dan Wakeford says in Friday’s episode ofDateline NBC. “She wanted to get to that next echelon of society.” And she did — within two years, Patrizia and Maurizio were married, entwining her with the prominent house of Gucci and the heir to the Gucci fashion brand....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Lawrence Morgan

How Ashley Tisdale Got Kyle MacLachlan Hooked on TikTok — and What His Son Thinks of His Hobby

Kyle MacLachlandidn’t exactly plan on embracingTikTok. It wasAshley Tisdalewho showed him the way. “I learned about it when I was working with Ashley on [the CBS sitcom]Carol’s Second Act,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I was inadvertently in an Ashley Tisdale TikTok.” “She was on the cutting edge of all this stuff,” says the actor, 62. “I was just walking down the corridor and suddenly there I was and asked, ‘What am I supposed to do?...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Mitchell Armstrong

How Billie Lourd's Wedding Dress and 'Something Blue' Honored Her Late Mom Carrie Fisher

Photo: Cameron RadIt’s time to all praiseBillie Lourd’s wedding dress!On Saturday, the actress, 29,married fiancé Austen Rydell in an intimate ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. For her big day, Lourd looked as graceful as ever in a custom Rodarte dress that held significant meaning to the actress.In an exclusive interview withVogue, Lourd shared that she first was introduced to Rodarte’s designers, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, after they interviewed herlate mom, Carrie Fisher, in 2014....

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1684 words · Brandon Butler

How Busy Philipps Talks About Her Fame with Her Daughter Birdie, 10: 'It's a Positive Thing'

It’s not easy being a parent — especially when your kids feel they have to share you with the whole world. In a new cover story forMichigan Avenue, actress, author and mother of twoBusy Philippsopens up about how she handles her level of fame when it comes to her daughtersCricket Pearl, 6 next month, andBirdie Leigh, 10. “I took the girls toDisneylandyesterday forMother’s Day, and Birdie, my daughter, got freaked out because the difference even since the last time we were there [was so dramatic],” says Philipps, who turns 40 next week....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Mary Montoya

How Colman Domingo’s Late Mother Helped Him Bond with Oprah Winfrey: ‘It’s Magically Eerie’ (Exclusive)

Colman Domingo and Oprah Winfrey on Dec. 6.Photo:Kayla Oaddams/WireImageColman Domingohad a connection withOprah Winfreylong before they worked together.In the new issue of PEOPLE, Domingo, 54, recalls how his mother Edith Bowles watchedThe Oprah Winfrey Showreligiously and would write letters to the talk show host, 69, asking Winfrey to help her son, who was struggling to find work two decades ago.“I was a very disgruntled unemployed actor working off- off-Broadway and bartending....

March 16, 2025 · 10 min · 2070 words · Ricky White

How Companies Are Marking Juneteenth 2021

Photo: Nati Harnik/AP/Shutterstock On Thursday, June 17, President Joe Bidensigned a billto officially declare Juneteenth a federal holiday. The holiday,occuring on June 19 every year, marks the end of slavery in the U.S., which ultimately came in 1865 - two-and-a-half years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. “Throughout history, Juneteenth has been known as many things: Freedom Day, Liberation Day, Emancipation Day,” Vice President Kamala Harris said after the bill was signed....

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1531 words · Ashley Wallace

How Much Do You Poop in Your Lifetime?

When you purchase through links on our site , we may take in an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it mold . A person ’s accomplishments gather over long time and decades . Something else accumulates , too — their quarter . The quantities of poop that masses leave behind during an case-by-case lavatory damp can variegate widely , depend on age , body weight unit , dieting , exercise and other factor ....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 771 words · Matthew Wright

How Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis Have Been Preparing for Royal Life This Year

Prince William with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.Photo: The Duchess of Cambridge 01of 13 02of 13Princess Charlotte,Prince LouisandPrince Georgestarred in an Instagram video in March 2020, participating in the Clap for Carers movement amid the coronavirus pandemic. 02of 13 Princess Charlotte,Prince LouisandPrince Georgestarred in an Instagram video in March 2020, participating in the Clap for Carers movement amid the coronavirus pandemic. 03of 13Princess Charlotte and Prince George.Like children around the world,Princess CharlotteandPrince Georgehad to adapt to homeschooling — and its challenges....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · Yvonne Harrison

How Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelly Ripa and 'Housewives' Helped Andy Cohen Prepare for Parenthood

Last June,Andy Cohencelebrated his 50th birthday at a private dinner in Manhattan with a few dozen longtime friends — but only his closest friends in the room knew that the celebration was also, as he calls it, “a going-away party.” Cohen, host of Bravo’sWatch What Happens Liveand overlord of the network’sReal Housewivesfranchise, was going to be a parent. A surrogate in California was already carrying his son, and the father-to-be was secretly preparing for a seismic change in his life....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Donald Ritter

How Stars Celebrated New Year's Eve

01of 19Taylor Swift’s SquadTaylor Swift/InstagramSquad goals, quite literally:Taylor Swift’s besties (includingGigi Hadidand Blake Lively) dressed up as their “childhood heroes” forthe singer’s New Year’s bash. 01of 19 Taylor Swift’s Squad Taylor Swift/Instagram Squad goals, quite literally:Taylor Swift’s besties (includingGigi Hadidand Blake Lively) dressed up as their “childhood heroes” forthe singer’s New Year’s bash. 02of 19Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus/InstagramDays aftermarrying love Liam Hemsworth in front of the same fireplace, the star toasted 2019....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 857 words · Randy Williams

How Teachers Across the U.S. Explained the 'Traumatic' Capitol Riots to Their Young Students

Photo: JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty On Wednesday, violent pro-Donald Trumpriotersdescended on the U.S. Capitol buildingwhile lawmakers were working to count the Electoral College votes certifying President-electJoe Biden’s win over Trump.At least 5, including a Capitol Police officer, were killed and many were injured. The next day, teachers across the country grappled with how to explain the deadly event — during which nooses hanged in front of the Capitol building, confederate flags were waved in the halls and the mob ransacked offices — to students of every age, with several sharing resources on social media and turning to fellow educators for ideas....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 802 words · Rachel Calhoun