World’s largest engine makes 109,000 horsepower–Titanic’s was ‘only’ 15,000hp Self-Propelled Strangeness
War in the Bronze Age: A study of the oldest battlefield in Europe suggests 2,000 fighters News Archeology Battlefields Strangeness
Britain: The Principality of Sealand a pirate “micro-state” & band of Dutch & German mercenaries armed with assault rifles and charged the platform with a speedboat, jet skis, & helicopters Battlefields News Self-Propelled Strangeness
Jumbo the elephant was the world’s first animal superstar, but human ignorance caused tragedy Strangeness Glamour News
John L. Sullivan was the first gloved-boxing world champion, and saw the world as his Fight Club Glamour Lifestyle News Strangeness
Photographer Edward S. Curtis’ recordings of Native American traditions are only existing documentation for over 80 tribes News Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
The 1796 “perfect wife” experiment of Thomas Day, inspired by Rousseau, took control freak to new levels Strangeness
English brewery delivered bottles of beer door-to-door via horse and cart to keep people out of pubs News Self-Propelled Strangeness
Stalin’s daughter defected to U.S. in 1967, but returned to the Soviet Union in 1984 Strangeness Battlefields