1. Bobby Fischer and Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand, the future Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner, actually attended the same Brooklyn high school as Bobby Fischer, who at the time was already competing in and winning international chess tournaments. Streisand later confided that she had a crush on the chess player, saying that he "was always alone and very peculiar. But I found him very sexy." And how did Fischer feel about her? In an interview with a Japanese radio station, Fischer said, "I... READ ON

So let's say you've got a webcam, some photos of a celebrity, and a Computer Science degree. Why not make a celebrity facial puppeteering system? In this 2010 research demonstration, several University of Washington researchers demonstrate a Being John Malkovitch Malkovich-style puppeteering method, in which a webcam watches the puppeteer's face and the computer selects similar frames from another face, causing the virtual "puppet" to act along. Given a sufficiently large database of frames, presumably... READ ON

Some of the most important literary figures of the last century had previously made a name for themselves in athletics. Here are the stories of a halfback who became a beatnik, an Olympic-hopeful wrestler who became leader of the Merry Pranksters, and nine other athletically gifted writers. 1. Ken... READ ON

In May 1990, Jim Henson passed away. Five days later, a memorial service was held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. In July, another memorial was held in London, at St. Paul's Cathedral. Both services were open to the public; Henson had made instructions about the services four years earlier, instructing that: 1) no attendees should wear black, and 2) a jazz band should be present. According to one account, apparently he also wrote: "I'm not at all afraid of the thought of death... READ ON