In 1st century A.D., Hero of Alexandria designed the first vending machine–it dispensed holy water after insertion of a coin News Self-Propelled Strangeness
In 1980, Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption claimed 57 lives, from photographers to an innkeeper News
Three merchant ships from 1700s discovered buried underneath a single block in Alexandria, Virginia News
1st century A.D. mosaics and paintings buried under volcano damage now being revealed and restored with X-ray technology News
Appeals court throws out Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit over how she was depicted in “Feud,” saying she “does not own history” News
A group of 18th century settlers tried to secede and create their own State of Franklin, but Benjamin Franklin himself wasn’t interested News Strangeness
The remains of Martha Brown, the 19th century woman who inspired ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles,’ to rest in peace at last News
NASA studied Tennessee’s Flynn Creek Crater, formed 360 million years ago, to prepare for the first Moon landing News
The Boy Jones: When a teenager broke into Queen Victoria’s bedroom and stole her underwear News Lifestyle Strangeness