Brad Smithfield
Brad Smithfield is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Brad Smithfield:
George Crum invented the potato chip after customers kept complaining his fries were too thick
Codex Gigas or “The Devil’s Bible” is the largest medieval manuscript in the world
Roman philosophers sported different styles of beards to distinguish which school of philosophy they belonged to
That time when Tony Iommi lost his fingertips in a machine related accident, prompting the birth of Heavy Metal
The ancient Greeks had a drinking game called Kottabos
Victor Lustig – the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice
In ancient Persia, engineers mastered a sustainable technology to store ice throughout the scorching summer
Ancient Greeks used to go to the gym naked,as a tribute to the gods, the word ‘gymnasium’ means “school for naked exercise”
A massive wall at Cal Orcko in southern Bolivia reveals more than 5,000 dinosaur footsteps
The bizarre story of how a railroad worker survived an iron rod which went through his skull
