King Adolf Frederick has lost his crown: the Swedish king who ate himself to disaster in 1771 Strangeness Lifestyle News
An 11-year-old girl received a 5-pound note for naming Pluto when it was discovered in 1930 Lifestyle Strangeness
Despite early 1900s discrimination, an African American woman founded a bank in Virginia, becoming the first female bank president of any race in the U.S. Lifestyle Strangeness
Youthful President JFK relied on old-fashioned rocking chairs to relieve back pain, and one just sold for $90,000 Glamour Lifestyle Strangeness
J. Marion Sims, the controversial “father of modern gynecology,” conducted experiments on slaves and did not use anesthesia Strangeness Lifestyle
Barbara Jane Mackle – Kidnap Victim Spent more than 3 days in a Box Underground Strangeness Lifestyle
In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Land Grant, which changed the American landscape forever Battlefields Lifestyle
Archaeologists uncover world’s largest child-sacrifice site in coastal Peru Archeology Lifestyle Strangeness
President Theodore Roosevelt acquired a new pet from a 12-year-old girl on his 1903 whistle-stop tour of the West—a baby badger Strangeness Lifestyle
The one bodyguard assigned to Ford’s Theater to protect President Lincoln abandoned his post for a drink on the night of the assassination–and wasn’t fired for it Battlefields Lifestyle Strangeness