Martin Chalakoski
Martin Chalakoski is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Martin Chalakoski:
The Intriguing Story Behind the Golden Arches of McDonald’s
Candy Desk: One desk in the US Senate Chamber is always filled with candy
Harry Houdini once sued a police officer who accused him of fraud and won, by opening the judge’s safe
“To beard or not to beard” was the stance of Joseph Palmer, the farmer and war veteran who was sent to jail for his facial hair
How the Devil came into his dream and inspired Giuseppe Tartini to compose the Violin Sonata in G Minor, “The Devil’s Trill”
The 1920 play “R.U.R.”: The first time that anyone heard the word “robot”
Shot and blinded, a pigeon named Cher Ami continued her flight and saved 197 American soldiers at the end of World War I
Wizard of Oz’s Jerry Maren of the Lollipop Guild is the last surviving Munchkin at age of 97
In 1885, a Victorian barmaid’s suicide attempt was thwarted by her own crinoline
Florence Foster Jenkins: The world’s worst opera singer who sold out Carnegie Hall weeks in advance
