Strangeness | Vintage News
With thanks to the Dark Web, a 17th century letter from Satan to a nun is deciphered
Mary Austin: The friend who inspired and supported Freddie Mercury, and inherited a portion of his wealth
A 450-year-old book advises young samurai how to prepare for combat, the secret to viewing death calmly–and what to name the baby
The term “paparazzi” was coined by Fellini while making his film about the lives of the Sixties elite, “La Dolce Vita”
The Beach Boys sang about a California culture of sun and sand in the 1960s but didn’t actually like to surf themselves–and one of them drowned
Egypt isn’t the country with the most pyramids, Sudan is with nearly twice as many
Conspiracy theorists believe Woody Harrelson’s father, a convicted murderer, was the youngest of the “Three Tramps” and the assassin who killed John F. Kennedy
Whoops: In 1387, King Charles II of Navarre was burned alive by accident
The original Godzilla movie was a metaphor for the devastating effects of nuclear weapons
They looked alike, shared the same last name, and bickered like real brothers, but the iconic punk rockers in the Ramones were NOT related—nor were they all rebellious
