An unusual confrontation: A French cavalry troop managed to capture a Dutch fleet of 14 vessels in 1795 Battlefields News Strangeness
Black Bart, the Wild West stagecoach robber also known as the gentleman bandit, liked to leave humorous poems at the site of his robberies Strangeness News
The only unsolved skyjacking case in U.S. history might have a break: “D. B. Cooper” is Robert Rackstraw, a Vietnam vet and ex-CIA operative, investigative team claims News
A forensic anthropologist supports the theory that Amelia Earhart crash-landed on a remote island and died a castaway News Self-Propelled Strangeness
Christ Church College at Oxford: The project of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII is now a dream destination for Harry Potter fans News Interiors Lifestyle
Art Nouveau, which began as rage against the machine, turned into a status symbol for the rich News Interiors Lifestyle
Reagan, inspired by film “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” asked Gorbachev to stop the Cold War in the event of an alien invasion, and the Soviet leader agreed Strangeness Battlefields News
The tomb of the high priestess Hetpet, built 4,400 years ago, unearthed in Egypt near the Great Pyramids of Giza News Archeology
Journalist Nellie Bly pretended insanity to expose the abuse in an asylum on Blackwell’s Island she called “a human rat trap” News
After Ava Gardner swam naked in Hemingway’s pool, he supposedly ordered that the water never be changed News
The tragedy of the Dionne quintuplets, exploited by doctors, parents, and other family members News Lifestyle Strangeness