Domagoj Valjak
Domagoj Valjak is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Domagoj Valjak:
Home-canned duck paste introduced Scotland to the horrors of botulism in 1922
The influential horror writer H. P. Lovecraft drew inspiration from the nightmares that haunted him throughout his childhood
The original novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was actually incredibly violent, with Dorothy and friends killing nearly 100 animals during their quest
Bret Easton Ellis’ novel “American Psycho” is sold shrink-wrapped in Australian bookstores to prevent minors from reading it
In the 1950s, Stanley Kubrick was so afraid of a potential Soviet nuclear attack that he considered moving to Australia
Samuel Beckett objected to female theater groups staging his play “Waiting for Godot” because “women don’t have prostates and couldn’t portray the characters accurately”
Amedeo Modigliani, “the prince of vagabonds:” he led a bitter life of alcoholism and died penniless
Alfred Hitchcock initially intended not to include music in the famous shower scene in “Psycho”
Diocletian’s Palace in the coastal city of Split, Croatia, was the primary source of inspiration for Robert Adam, the pioneer of neoclassicism
The Mongol Empire was the cradle of many inventions, including dried milk & hand grenades
