Domagoj Valjak
Domagoj Valjak is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Domagoj Valjak:
The Boston entrepreneur ‘Ice King’ started the ice trade & shipped ice all the way to India
Notorious pirate Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a merchant ship only to steal the crew’s hats
The makers of “Alien” had everything designed except for the terrifying being itself and for that, they turned to H. R. Giger
Stalin’s daughter defected to U.S. in 1967, but returned to the Soviet Union in 1984
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane: the fierce queen of San Francisco’s psychedelic scene wanted to drug Richard Nixon
“Green Eggs and Ham” and the bet Dr. Seuss won that he couldn’t write a book of 50 words
Osamu Tezuka, “father of Manga,” wanted to help Japanese overcome depression over World War II
Warner Baxter, an Academy Award winning actor, sought out a lobotomy against doctors’ advice
“The Turk” was a fake chess-playing automaton that defeated Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte
The Dorabella Cipher: a cryptic letter from a married composer to a young woman that’s been unsolved since 1897
