Bob Pittman of Brookhaven founded MTV. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts, Obscure Trivia, World Records & Historical Minutia from...
The Great Southern Club on the beach in east Gulfport is officially the oldest golf course hailing from 1910. The original nine holes had crushed oyster...
Today, Windsor Ruins has 23 standing Corinthian columns. They are 45 feet tall. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts, Obscure...
Mississippi native Harry A. Cole, Sr. created Pine Sol in the early 1900s. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts, Obscure...
Working in Memphis in the late 1940s, this Mississippi musician not only played and sang in the clubs, but worked at radio station WDIA as a...
The Ole Miss men’s basketball team has had a few shining moments. In 1970, forward Johnny Neumann led the nation in scoring at 40.1 points per...
The new ” Benji” was a homeless stray found in Pass Christian. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts, Obscure Trivia,...
The Tupelo National Battlefield Park is the smallest in the U.S., at one acre. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts,...
The first bottle of Dr. Tichener’s Antiseptic was produced in Liberty, Mississippi. Excerpted by permission of The Nautilus Publishing Company from 501 Little-Known Facts, Obscure Trivia,...
The first Mississippian to win a Pulitzer Prize was Tennessee Williams. He received the award in 1948 for A Streetcar Named Desire. Williams was awarded a...