Too Coarse for Letters
The first ballpoint pen was patented 138 years ago today by a bank cashier, and it couldn't write a letter. The one that could became an Argentine word.
Egypt Said No
The Statue of Liberty is 140. She started as a lighthouse for the Suez Canal that nobody wanted, and Belgrano says it got her first.
Not a Page 3 Girl
Tomb Raider is 30. The man who drew Lara Croft walked out a year in, leaving behind one per cent of the profits and a character he didn't like seeing sold.
Dap-Kings Who?
Back to Black is 20 today. The band on it belonged to a 50-year-old former Rikers Island officer, and the tour left her without them.
A Bill for Her Own Photo
Getty Images, the company that billed a photographer $120 for a picture she gave away, filed for bankruptcy last week. The one thing a court agreed AI took from it was the watermark.
