If you ever watched Popeye, you probably remember the moment he’d crack open a can of spinach, gulp it down, and suddenly transform into a muscle-bound hero ready to take on anything or anyone. It ...

Mel Brooks got drumming lessons from Buddy Rich. Popeye eating spinach was part of a government plot to encourage the public to buy food in those newfangled cans. James G. Blight and Robert McNamara ...