Strangeness | Vintage News
How a pig that loved potatoes brought England and U.S. to brink of war in 1859
Katia and Maurice Krafft had a passion for volcanoes, one that ultimately proved fatal
Peter Freuchen, a Danish explorer, writer, and Nazi Resistance fighter who amputated his frostbitten toes himself without anesthesia
Abbott and Costello were the highest paid entertainers of WWII, but away from the spotlight life wasn’t so joyful
Shot and blinded, a pigeon named Cher Ami continued her flight and saved 197 American soldiers at the end of World War I
Glenn Gould was an eccentric virtuoso who insisted on his childhood piano chair throughout his entire career and hummed loudly while playing
In Ancient Rome, suicide was allowed as a form of euthanasia except if you were a soldier or a slave
In 19th century, Clark Stanley patented snake oil and advertised it as a painkiller, saying he had studied its wonders with the Hopi healers
Windber Trolley Graveyard: An apocalyptic trolley graveyard sitting deep in the woods of Pennsylvania
More than 80 years after she passed away, Marie Curie’s remains and personal items are still dangerously radioactive
