While working as a prop boy, John Wayne met Wyatt Earp; He later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Earp Glamour News Vintage Hollywood
Hachiko: The dog who continued to wait his owner for more than nine years after his death News Strangeness
Three giant Viking swords stand buried in a stone in Hafrsfjord, Norway, recalling a mythic struggle for unity Strangeness Battlefields
The Good Cemeterian: Мan spends his Sundays cleaning forgotten veterans’ tombstones News Battlefields Lifestyle Strangeness
During WWII, Veronica Lake changed her trademark peek-a-boo look to encourage factory workers to adopt safer hair styles Vintage Hollywood Battlefields Glamour
Cowry shell coins: an ancient monetary system based on sea shells used on almost every continent Strangeness Interiors Lifestyle News
Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role in ‘Gone with the Wind’, was requested to sit at a segregated table during the award ceremony News Glamour Lifestyle Vintage Hollywood
The Bath House: One of the best-preserved Roman remains in the world Abandoned Spaces Interiors Strangeness
The 3,200-year-old President Tree is so big it has rarely been captured in one photo News Strangeness
The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale Battlefields Strangeness