Brad Smithfield
Brad Smithfield is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Brad Smithfield:
In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was considered a marriage proposal
Back in 1959 a fisherman couldn’t afford to buy a Christmas gift for his daughter, so he carved a doll from his imagination – the Troll Doll
Riga, the capital of Latvia, has the finest and the largest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in the world
The Temple of Olympian Zeus was under construction for over 600 years before being finished
Rediscovering Machu Picchu-The first photo in 1912 of the 15th- century Inca site
Rongorongo -Hieroglyphs written with shark teeth from Easter Island, remain indecipherable
Old Stone House in Georgetown is the oldest unchanged building in Washington D.C
Angkor Wat used far greater amounts of stone than all the Egyptian pyramids combined, and occupied an area greater than Paris.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was once covered in highly polished white limestone, before it was removed to build mosques and fortresses
Margaret Hamilton (The Wicked Witch of the West in “The Wizard of Oz”) suffered 3rd-degree burns to her face and hands during the scene in Munchkinland where she exits in a ball of flame.
