The U.S. once considered doing Fidel Castro in with an exploding cigar. In 1986 Castro gave up his trademark cigar — deciding it was bad for his health. This month, Cuba banned smoking in public ...

For Groucho Marx, the stock market was nothing to laugh at. The mustached wag invested his fortune, a quarter-million dollars, on a tip from a bellhop at the Ritz-Carlton during the height of the ...

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