Vaporwave: A retro-futuristic subculture that waxes nostalgic for the 1990s while mocking smooth jazz elevator music Strangeness
The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale Strangeness
The “Batavia” mutiny of 1629: On the way to the Dutch East Indies, betrayal, deception, and murder Strangeness
The Amazing Colditz Glider: A makeshift plane made by daring British prisoners during WWII to escape to freedom Self-Propelled
People used magic to get out of Roman toilets alive and other revelations about daily life in ancient world Strangeness
The “Apache Joan of Arc” and the other courageous Native American women of the 19th century Strangeness