Alex A
Traveller, writer and history buff. You can usually find me in coffee shop somewhere in Europe.
Articles by Alex A:
No Dog Allowed:Lord Byron at Trinity College kept a pet bear instead as there were no rules against having one
In 1911, eleven & seven year old brothers rode on horseback from NYC to San Francisco in 62 days
Thomas Jefferson owned a sheep and kept it in front of the White House where it attacked several people and killed a small boy in 1808
The Queen’s Hamlet: Peek inside Marie-Antoinette’s fairy tale Rustic Village at Versailles, where she loved to act like a “simple peasant”
The Resolute desk in the Oval Office was a gift from Queen Victoria and it is built from the timbers of the British Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute
Living Root bridges- The suspension bridges in India handmade from the aerial roots of living banyan fig trees
From brunette factory girl to blond bombshell – Marilyn Monroe was discovered during WWII while working in aircraft factory
30 million people watched as Al Capone’s secret treasure vault was opened…and it was empty
The first Non Japanese Samurai was an African slave named Yasuke
The birthplace of Pizza in America – Founded in 1905, Lombardi’s is the first Pizzeria in the United States
