Brad Smithfield
Brad Smithfield is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Brad Smithfield:
Laura Palmer, the homecoming queen of “Twin Peaks,” is loosely based on Marilyn Monroe
At 3,300 years, one of the oldest wrecks ever discovered, still contained edibles such as almonds, figs & olives
Why Iggy Pop declined joining the Doors as a replacement for Jim Morrison
Nine drops since 1930: The longest running pitch drop lab experiment in history
The “fishy” origins of the phrase “red herring”
The Areni-1 shoe: The oldest leather shoe in the world was found in a cave in Armenia
At the end of the American Civil war 20,000 Confederates immigrated to Brazil, where slavery was legal & formed a community
J.R.R. Tolkien proposed to his wife by mail, not knowing she was engaged to another man
A retired carpenter has provided a plausible solution to a 3000-year-old architectural mystery
Union General Ambrose E. Burnside, originator & trend-setter of the almighty sideburns
