on What happened to the man who tried to sell the Eiffel Tower twice?0 votes

Con artist Victor Lustig posed as a government official in 1925 and convinced a scrap dealer to pay him for the Eiffel Tower's 'scrap metal', then fled with the money and pulled the same scam again months later. He was eventually caught for counterfeiting and died in Alcatraz in 1947.

on What happened to Orson Welles after Citizen Kane?1 votes

ironically his masterpiece flopped commercially and he never got that level of creative control from a studio again. he spent decades doing smaller films, voice work, and wine commercials to fund his own projects.

on What happened to Netscape Navigator?2 votes

the "throw money at giving away IE for free" strategy from Microsoft is a big reason antitrust regulators went after them in the late 90s.