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First in keeping with his profession, as a University Professor were going to have a pop quiz. One question pass fail. Here is the question. What do jeff chandler, charles bronson, rock hudson and the incredibleably blueeyed Burt Lancaster all have in common . I think i hear the answer and the answer is all these hollywood leading men played Apache Indian leaders in the movies. Jeff chandler played cochise. Hock hudson played taza, son of cochise. Bronson want chato and burt was the warrior, masai. For extra credit, answer this, what made these roles so attractive to these actors in could it b...

Phrenology, the belief that you could determine personality from the shape of someone's skull, was so popular in the Victorian era that phrenology parlors sprung up all over Europe and America.

San Francisco's Feusier Octagon House House Has Hit The Market at $8.5 Million A relic of the mid-1800's when this type of shaped house was all the buzz. Open Homes Photography for Sotheby’s International Realty Back in the 1800s, octagonal houses were the trendiest thing in architecture. This interest was greatly spurred by the book A Home For All, in which the author, a phrenologist named Orson Squire, explores the major benefits of octagonal houses. Some benefits mentioned: Octagonal houses allows for twice as much natural light to enter the home and offer centralized ventilation, whi...

A rare 1850s-era octagon house in San Francisco hit the market for $8.6 million.

An unusual octagon-shaped bed-and-breakfast in Oakland, built in 1850, has long thrived not only on tourism but on winter trade by visiting professors. Henry H. Wildes Jr. and Sharon M. Wildes sold the Pressey House, at 32 Belgrade Road, to Ronald and Nicole Goodheart for an undisclosed price. The list price was $649,000. John McCarthy of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Real Estate represented the sellers and Jordan Stolt of Summit Real Estate represented the buyers in the deal. Also participating in the transaction were Andy Rhoades of Kennebec Saving Bank and attorney Jerome Ga...