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Food is one of the most basic necessities of life, but just because it’s basic doesn’t mean it’s simple. (Yes, even pie.) Over the years, TIME has occasionally hosted a regular “brief history of” feature, and it often took a look at some of the facts that lie behind what’s on our plates. From the disputed Buffalo wing creation myth to peanut-butter-based health trends of the 19th century, those stories add the flavor of history to items that are already pretty flavorful on their own.

The first time I looked into an open chest cavity at a heart muscle working to pump blood through the body, I was brought up short by the tragic graffiti of atherosclerotic plaque. This waxy goo, often found in overweight people, builds up in the vessels surrounding the organ in which, philosophers tell us, the soul lives. But I quickly pushed any such distracting thoughts from my mind. I was learning to operate and was frankly thrilled at the prospect of harvesting a leg vein to bypass the blockage.

Gaga got herself a 24k gold-plated wheelchair specially created for her by Ken Borochov of the luxury brand, Mordecai. The unique vehicle contains special features which include a black tufted calf leather seat, a removable leather canopy, a padded leg rest, and gold-plated brakes. The vintage modeled vehicle gives one the feeling that it belongs to the antiquated English Nobles, precisely of the famous Victorian Era. Borochov, the chair designer was beside himself with fascination, revealing that his inspiration came from a throne.

MARCELO SAYAO / EPAThe João Havelange Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on March 27, 2013 When Rio de Janeiro bid to host the 2016 Olympics, it cited as a trump card the experience and infrastructure the city had gathered in hosting the 2007 Pan American Games. Opponents, however, pointed to Rio’s broken promises from the 2007 event, like the metro lines and highways the city vowed to build but never did.

The Act, a new Hulu series, presents a fictionalized version of the story of Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard and her daughter, Gypsy Rose, whose strange case gained national publicity following a viral 2016 BuzzFeed story by Michelle Dean and a 2017 HBO documentary, Mommy Dead and Dearest. To those who knew the pair before the act to which the show’s title refers, Dee Dee appeared to be a doting single mother to Gypsy, who she said was chronically ill, with a litany of issues that began when she was a baby.

Children dressed up in Willy Wonka costumes and excited to enter what was advertised as a “full immersive experience…promising a day of pure imagination and wonder” were instead disappointed by a seemingly unprofessional event where they received no chocolate, leading outraged parents to demand refunds for their £35 ($44) tickets.  “Willy’s Chocolate Experience,” which debuted on Feb. 24 in Glasgow, Scotland, has now been canceled. The event followed the release of the new film Wonka, the origin story of Willy Wonka from Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Pulse is pleased to curate a collection of the top 10 quotes that encapsulate the depth and significance of political conversations in 2023. 1. Peter Obi ADVERTISEMENT “If you must be referred to as ‘Your Excellency,’ then the process through which you arrived in office must be excellent.” Peter Obi criticised the electoral process that crowned Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

Yeah, we know its annoying and frustrating, as hell, not to talk of painful. A new research shows that might be exactly the wrong thing to do, because no matter how annoying it is, it won't necessarily stop the toenail from growing in again. In a new study, physicists Cyril Rauch and Mohammed Cherkaoui-Rbati, of the University of Nottingham in England, looked closely at the mechanical forces that act on fingernails and toenails, including the outward growth of the nail and the tension of its attachment to the nail bed.

March 17, 2015 7:39 AM EDT A United Airlines flight heading to Denver returned to a Washington, D.C. airport early Monday after a passenger became unruly and disruptive mid-flight. A passenger on Flight 1074 reportedly tried to run toward the cockpit before being restrained by his fellow passengers. The cockpit was secure at the time, according to ABC News. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff, and the plane was able to safely return to Dulles International Airport.