The 1972 Olympic Games were called “The Peaceful Games” until they turned into the Munich massacre Battlefields Lifestyle News
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Eliot Ness, the Untouchable agent who battled Al Capone, died a broke alcoholic at 55 News Lifestyle Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
Flak towers: massive reinforced concrete buildings built by the Nazis during World War II to protect cities from aerial attacks Battlefields News Strangeness
Married dad Hugh Hefner launched “Playboy” magazine in his Chicago kitchen at age 27 News Glamour Lifestyle Vintage Hollywood
When an 890-pound bluefin tuna was auctioned for $323,000 at a Tokyo fish market, it was a price comedown News Lifestyle Strangeness
Britain: The Principality of Sealand a pirate “micro-state” & band of Dutch & German mercenaries armed with assault rifles and charged the platform with a speedboat, jet skis, & helicopters Battlefields News Self-Propelled
The traveling Sutherland Sisters: Seven women and 37 feet of hair between them Strangeness Glamour Lifestyle News
Victorian fashion: Restrictive, uncomfortable, one fashion item killed over 3000 women Glamour Interiors News Vintage Hollywood
In 1974, the legendary pharaoh Ramesses II was issued a valid Egyptian passport so that his 3,000-year-old mummy could be flown to Paris for necessary repair News Archeology