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Christmas tree set up next to a fireplace + Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland as Tootie and Esther Smith in 'Meet Me in St. Louis'

Judy Garland Initially Refused to Sing the Holiday Classic ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’

Vintage Hollywood

Painting of the HMS Endeavour at sea + Portrait of James Cook

New Discovery Seen as Further Evidence That Wreck Off the Coast of Rhode Island Is Captain Hook’s HMS Endeavour

View of Alcatraz from across the water + John Anglin's mugshot + Hand written letter

Alcatraz Escapee John Anglin Allegedly Sent a Letter to Police 51 Years After His Daring Escape

Strangeness

Wreck of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 + Japan Air Lines Flight 123 in the air

Japan Airlines Flight 123 Survivors: Only Four Passengers Escaped This Deadly Crash

Strangeness

: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

The ‘Spockmania’ of the 1960s Surprised Leonard Nimoy

Interior of the Amber Room

Amber Room: The ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ Disappeared During the Second World War

Interiors

Jack the Baboon Was a Smart and Dependable Railway Signalman

Strangeness