Strangeness | Vintage News
Lawn jockeys dating back to the Revolutionary War were emblematic of their era
“Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North–John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596
Astronauts on Apollo missions left on the Moon five U.S. flags, two golf balls, and a startling amount of refuse
In 1st century A.D., Hero of Alexandria designed the first vending machine–it dispensed holy water after insertion of a coin
Olive Oatman – Mormon Girl Orphaned by Attack and Tattooed by the Mohave Tribe
A Pirate Attack in 1794 is why the United States doesn’t use the Metric System
Greetings! The high five and the fist bump are 20th century, but the first handshake dates to 5th century B.C. Greece, as way to prove you were weapon free
Only 10 men finished the first Boston Marathon in 1897, an homage to a legendary Greek soldier who ran 24.5 miles—and died
A group of 18th century settlers tried to secede and create their own State of Franklin, but Benjamin Franklin himself wasn’t interested
The Boy Jones: When a teenager broke into Queen Victoria’s bedroom and stole her underwear
