Strangeness | Vintage News
Eva Mozes Kor, a Holocaust survivor and a Mengele twin, chose to forgive the Nazis
Richard Arvin Overton, 111 years old, is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States
The 16th century “Black Legend” propaganda demonizing Spain was helpful to its many rivals
Palais des Papes: the large Gothic building that housed the anti-popes became a prison during the French Revolution
Castel Sant’Angelo: the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian turned into a refuge for the popes during wars, sacks, and sieges
In its long life, the Greek Parthenon was used as a church and then a mosque
Charles Addams, master of black humor, played in cemeteries as a child
The Jonestown Massacre: Unfathomable mystery of why more than 900 people followed Jim Jones to Guyana
New evidence explains how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built
Beatrix Potter, work rejected, self-published “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” now a bestseller for all time
