Domagoj Valjak
Domagoj Valjak is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Domagoj Valjak:
In Ancient Rome, suicide was allowed as a form of euthanasia
IBM’s Deep Blue was the first supercomputer to defeat a reigning world chess champion
The “Hobo code” was a universal system of communication used by poor migratory workers in the United States
Poe Toaster: For 75 years a mysterious man visited Edgar Allan Poe’s grave, poured himself a glass of cognac, and toasted the great poet
Roald Dahl, the writer of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was given a Viking funeral, and was buried with wine, snooker cues, pencils and a power saw
The lost art of fore-edge painting
The tragic origins of the most beautiful stepwell in India
Jean-Louis Pons discovered more comets than any other person in history
The character of Norman Bates in Hitchcock’s “Psycho” was inspired by the real-life psychopath Ed Gein
Sigmund Freud recommended cocaine for treatment of many physical and mental issues
